Parents of the Oakland Unified School District who support transparency and the safe reopening of OUSD elementary schools #SchoolsAreEssential
Oakland, CA
Joined November 2020
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OUSD Parents for Transparency & Safe Reopening retweeted
Resist the generalized fear-mongering - CA is not having a pediatric Covid crisis
latimes.com/california/story…
OUSD Parents for Transparency & Safe Reopening retweeted
Hard to read this after fighting like hell for an entire year to prevent it. The national emergency that was never treated as such. Devastating.
“>1M children who had been expected to enroll in these schools did not show up, either in person or online.” nytimes.com/2021/08/07/us/co…
OUSD Parents for Transparency & Safe Reopening retweeted
We are looking for volunteers to help Oakland schools get ready for their first day of in-person learning next Monday, August 9th! Please sign-up for a shift (and bring a friend!) oaklandedfund.org/one-time-v… 🍎✏️✨ #oaklandschoolvolunteers #communityunity #edfundmagic
OUSD Parents for Transparency & Safe Reopening retweeted
.@jilltucker pulling no punches and we're here for it!
First gathering of top Bay Area health officials in more than a year sparked by one unmitigated message: Reopen schools in the fall -- fully, completely, no exceptions. sfchronicle.com/education/ar… via @sfchronicle
OUSD Parents for Transparency & Safe Reopening retweeted
Let’s prioritize the needs of students and families in CA and get all TK-12 public school students back to full-time school in the fall.
Let’s reimagine education reform in CA by centering the voices of families with @OpenSchoolsCA. #FiveFullDaysInFall #K12ParentPower
OUSD Parents for Transparency & Safe Reopening retweeted
Exciting news today!!
We're announcing the formation of a non-profit organization to increase student and parent power through policy recommendations, and political candidate recruitment and support in post-COVID California
Full statement:
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OUSD Parents for Transparency & Safe Reopening retweeted
The LA Times on our launch
latimes.com/california/story…
OUSD Parents for Transparency & Safe Reopening retweeted
The group of California parents who have been pushing for reopening over the last year (@OpenSchoolsCA) today formed a non-profit org to "increase student and parent power through policy recommendations, and political candidate recruitment and support in post-COVID CA."
OUSD Parents for Transparency & Safe Reopening retweeted
Students in schools that were fully remote for most of this school year received less instructional time and were more likely to be absent and receive a failing grade than students who were attending classes in person, a new report finds.
edweek.org/leadership/new-da…
OUSD Parents for Transparency & Safe Reopening retweeted
#MustRead
Most parent advocates are already well aware of the ways the risk of Covid to our kids has been exaggerated at the expense of their learning and social-emotional development, but here is proof
Share widely with your parent friends who are still consumed with fear
Pediatric COVID hospitalization numbers are inflated by *at least* 40%, per two peer reviewed studies
It's hard to overstate the significance of this
My 🔥SCOOP🔥 for @NYMag, with official commentary from @MonicaGandhi9 and context from @sdbaral
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nymag.com/intelligencer/2021…
OUSD Parents for Transparency & Safe Reopening retweeted
Check out who CA's top political influencer is.
After what has happened in the past year, it's clear parents also need a seat at the table to ensure kids' needs are represented in Sacramento.
OUSD Parents for Transparency & Safe Reopening retweeted
28 percent of NYC teachers have gotten medical exemptions, so they don’t actually have to go to school.
Keep in mind, NYC teachers have had access to vaccines since January.
nytimes.com/2021/05/17/nyreg…
NEW: De Blasio has promised full-time, normal schooling this September for all ~1 million NYC students. But how does the city actually get there? Let's get into it.
nytimes.com/2021/05/17/nyreg…
OUSD Parents for Transparency & Safe Reopening retweeted
"Continuing to expose kids to unnecessary fear has to end."
We couldn't agree more @drlucymcbride, for the summer and into the academic year!
theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
OUSD Parents for Transparency & Safe Reopening retweeted
Same story from every family. We chose a school outside of our neighborhood. For safety and quality. And now our kids are being punished because we can’t take them to school during the middle of a workday. – at Oakland, CA
OUSD Parents for Transparency & Safe Reopening retweeted
Tip essential workers.
Don’t tip Twitter alarmists who con people into believing they’re experts.
OUSD Parents for Transparency & Safe Reopening retweeted
We live in a world where teachers are at risk of losing their jobs if they speak out for #openschools.
Let that sink in.
OUSD Parents for Transparency & Safe Reopening retweeted
“I would be lying if I didn’t say children being out of school impacted me deeply. Deeply. I don’t think I’ll ever get over it. I think the only way I’ll get over it is if I’m proven wrong, that a generation of kids hasn’t been impacted by this year.”
@janicejackson
Read this:
Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson spoke about a "heavy" decision to step down, the next steps on fall reopening and the district's hotly anticipated "unfinished learning" plan, the search for her replacement and what might be next for her.
chicago.chalkbeat.org/2021/5…
OUSD Parents for Transparency & Safe Reopening retweeted
Open schools parents are not Covid deniers or “hoaxers.” We simply follow the data about schools & Covid, we know schools aren’t the driver of spread, we believe education for all matters & that we ALL have an obligation to nurture & develop kids. It takes a village, right? 1/3
OUSD Parents for Transparency & Safe Reopening retweeted
JUST IN: When S.F. public schools Superintendent Vincent Matthews agreed to stay on the job for another year just a month after announcing his retirement, he didn’t ask for more money.
He demanded that the school board behave. trib.al/LOuVPS7
