Can't Spell Community Schools Without Oakland

"When we say 'thriving' we mean all the way... We want students to be the best humans they can be. THAT is this work." The state of California recently dropped billions of dollars into the Community Schools initiative. But Oakland has been engaged in this work for some time, whether you track that back to the Freedom Schools of the Black Panthers, the grass roots reforms that helped drived the original small work, or some of the most recent deliberate, focused community schools work of the last decade plus. In this episode, we're in conversation with two veteran Community School Managers, discussing what it really means to do school this way, and why it matters for Oakland. Mentioned in this episode: The Community School Manager (CSM) role in Oakland Unified Community School work realized in Oakland Unified The California Healthy Kids Survey (not abbreviated "Chicks") The state's investment in community school work Get GROW WITH US Gear: Impress the Playground Mafia with your hoodies and T-shirts demonstrating your level of local education knowledge. Right here!