How Special Education Shines at EFC
How EFC Supports Special Education Students
They said what?! Videos + Photos from FIA Candidate Forum
Highlights from the FIA Candidate Forum!
Can K12 Enrollment Declines Spark a Push for Quality?
Public school enrollment dropped in California this year by more than 110,000 students.
FIA Talks: College Talks
Our fourth podcast episode is out now!
Update on AB 2484: Your Voices Were Heard on Protecting Facility Funding
Your voices were heard on AB 2484.
Alumni Mentorship Boosts Student Success at ARISE HS
RISE High School was one of seven Oakland schools to be awarded the Pivotal Practice Award for 2022.
AB 2484 Negatively Effects Charter Schools
Bill Guts Charter Facility Funding
Cost of Quarantine – Coalition Letter & Advocacy Day
You would think that all public schools receive equitable funding. This just isn’t true. Charter public schools do more with less. And unless Governor Newsome and state legislators act soon, charter schools will be forced to shoulder the burden of the quarantine.
Shanthi Gonzalez Resigns from OUSD, blasting barriers to improving school quality
This week, Oakland School Board Director Shanthi Gonzalez announced she was stepping down. This was no ordinary good bye letter, but a searing manifesto of a frustrated and deeply disappointed leader.
FIA Exclusive Blog: Parker Elementary
Why was Parker Elementary School Closed?
My Life Canvassing in Oakland
A Score, Plus Four
FIA Alameda County Election Update
June 7 election’s early results!
OUSD Board Director Dr. Thompson’s Inspirational Message to FIA Leaders
We invite you to enjoy his speech.
Congrats Grads! Spring Leadership Inst. & Graduation Celebration
The Spring 2022 Leadership Institute was made up of 50 parent and youth leaders with a common goal – triple voter registration to build electoral power among charter school communities.
County Superintendent & Board Trustee, Area 7
Why do ACOE seats matter?
FIA Youth and Parents Make a Difference in National Politics
FIA goes to Washington DC
Edsource Op-Ed: To Fix Our Education Crisis, Let’s Focus on Educating
There’s been a lot of coverage of people leaving California because of high taxes, house prices, crime. You name it. But if you’re a parent of a student of color, there’s another reason to leave. Our education system can’t educate Black and Latino kids.
Why do so many families opt out of OUSD schools?
Oakland Unified School District is preparing to close more than half a dozen schools over the next two years, and district leaders have pointed to years of declining enrollment—and with it, less state money to support OUSD’s current schools—as a primary reason.