Comments on: Oakland Unified to score … everyone

By: Tim Terry

Tim Terry — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 02:53:23 +0000

The Tony Smith Administration is a known charter-school proponent. These people are typically data-driven education reformers who advocate using test-score and other data to rank traditional public schools and the teachers who work there. But it’s what they do with this data that scares me. Instead of assisting the schools, the trend across the country and what we have seen from this Administration is that they use it along with declining enrollment numbers to push for school closures. Washington DC schools superintendent just announced 20 more school closures at the end of the current school year. This is in addition to the 23 schools Michelle Rhee closed there. The plan is to rent the buildings to charter schools. DC already has 40% of its students in charter schools. In Oakland we have yet to see the vision for quality public education and strong community schools that we deserve.

By: Edgar Mendoza

Edgar Mendoza — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 05:59:36 +0000

@ Charlie at the bridge chasm

The leadership is schmoozing and flattering the regional executive officers. That must be worth some points right? Isn’t it something along the lines of nurturing community relations?
BTW, according to the matching list, Montera must have had effective leadership, but didn’t the principal leave overnight this summer? Shame he did not want to stay for the party. Who doesn’t love it among leadership?

By: 1day at a time

1day at a time — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:43:12 +0000

Lafayette
Westlake
Chabot
Sankofa
Montera
Roosevelt
Urban Promise Academy
Garfield
Learning Without Limits
Franklin
Burckhalter
Madison
EnCompass
Markham
Frick

By: Calimama

Calimama — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:16:45 +0000

I’m willing to bet that #1 is Chabot. Beyond that, I have no idea.

By: Doug Appel

Doug Appel — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 18:51:14 +0000

For those interested in the SQR process practiced by OUSD (including the list of schools), you can find the information at:

http://www.thrivingstudents.org/44

By: OUSD Parent

OUSD Parent — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:31:20 +0000

Do we know which middle schools participated in the study?

By: Charlie at Bridge the Chasm

Charlie at Bridge the Chasm — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:33:34 +0000

It’s interesting that every category had some schools with top scores (>4, dark gren) except “Quality Learning” where the highest score in any school was 3.4. How can Effective Leasership be a full level higher than Quality Lerning. What else is the Leadership doing?

By: 1day at a time

1day at a time — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:41:23 +0000

wonder what would happen if you switched all adults, except parents, at schools one and 15.

By: J.R.

J.R. — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 06:54:22 +0000

See everyone………

These high paid administration acolytes are doing something important, gathering data(a whole lot of data, replete with new and catchy buzzwords) in order to come to a conclusion, and then construct a long drawn out plan of action. It’s kind of analogous to the prison guards and three strikes law(job security). The real core problems will never be addressed, we go round and round like decades past getting nowhere.

By: Charlie at Bridge the Chasm

Charlie at Bridge the Chasm — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 03:33:36 +0000

Livegreen

I agree.

The level of learning for so many in high school is so low, there isn’t much point in any goal for them. At some point the District’s goal(s) need to focus on a level of learning and let the kids decide where they want to go from there. Right now, so many drop out because they have virtually nothing in the way of education by the time they reach high school.