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Archive for July, 2009

Another new Oakland principal hire quits

Skyline is not the only Oakland high school that has watched a principal-select slip away. Debra Marker has apparently walked away from the top leadership post at Oakland High School.

OUSD spokesman Troy Flint confirmed that the rumor (which I first heard from a blog reader) was true. Marker — whose name appeared on a June personnel report – withdrew her name in the last week or two, before her employment was finalized, he said. He said he didn’t know her reasons for leaving. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on Friday, July 31st, 2009
Under: high schools, leadership changes | 7 Comments »

On the Twitter train

Posted on Friday, July 31st, 2009
Under: Uncategorized | No Comments »

Hired!

Posted on Friday, July 31st, 2009
Under: middle schools, small schools | 11 Comments »

Skyline high has (fingers crossed!) a new principal

Posted on Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Under: high schools, leadership changes | 5 Comments »

Brown’s clout comes in big for Oakland charter schools

Posted on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Under: charter schools | 38 Comments »

Senator pushes back against single college track

Posted on Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Under: college, high schools, politics | 29 Comments »

School funding: How California stacks up

Posted on Monday, July 27th, 2009
Under: finances, teachers | 3 Comments »

California lawmakers pass budget

Posted on Friday, July 24th, 2009
Under: finances, politics | 4 Comments »

Obama calls social promotion “a disservice”

Posted on Friday, July 24th, 2009
Under: Obama, school reform, students | 1 Comment »

Ben Chavis’s new book: “Crazy like a fox”

Posted on Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Under: achievement gap, charter schools, test scores | 51 Comments »