Oakland, Calif., a city historically known as a vanguard of Black politics and culture, is changing quickly with gentrification.
spent tens of millions of dollars promoting charter schools nationally, including large sums in Oakland to support charter schools and to ensure pro-charter candidates were elected to the board.
Despite the initiatives, student performance in English and math for the last decade in Oakland’s conventional schools has lagged significantly behind those of other Alameda County districts and the state as a whole. Students enrolled in the nearly 40 charter schools operating within the district have fared little better, if at all, according to state records that are difficult for parents to navigate and hold scant historical data on performance or closures.
summer takeover until the district recently moved to clear them out. She is now running for school board in November, and this ballot will include enough open seats on the seven-member panel to potentially elect an anti-closure majority. For parents and students, still infused with the protest politics of historic Oakland, the decisions on what schools to close and why are unsatisfying. By the district’s analysis, the changes affect 36 percent of African American students and only 6 percent of the White student body,
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