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  • Transitional kindergarten is growing in Oakland to meet increased demand

    Ashley McBride

    April 10, 2024 |

    The Oaklandside |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    In California, four-year-olds who don’t meet the traditional kindergarten cut-off requirement can attend transitional kindergarten, which can help improve their kindergarten readiness and help educators identify English language development and special education needs much earlier. Oakland Unified School District’s transitional kindergarten program has become so popular that it has added about 10 new classes each school year.

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  • Oakland debate group gives low-income students opportunities usually exclusive to private schools

    Ashley McBride

    March 07, 2024 |

    The Oaklandside |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    The Bay Area Urban Debate League serves students in low-income communities by providing debate opportunities they otherwise wouldn’t be able to access or afford. Teaching debate and participating in tournaments teach students valuable life skills like argumentation, critical thinking, research and logic. In 2023, the Bay Area Urban Debate League served 300 middle and high school students.

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  • Free tuition at Peralta Colleges sees students returning to school in big numbers

    Ashley McBride

    February 09, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    After leveraging COVID-19 relief funding to make tuition free, campuses in the Peralta Community College District saw enrollment rebound nearly to pre-pandemic levels and the share of students of color and older students enrolled increase.

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  • What's next for Oakland's guaranteed income program?

    Ricky Rodas Ashley McBride Natalie Orenstein

    April 12, 2023 |

    The Oaklandside |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    A philanthropy-funded guaranteed income pilot program, Oakland Resilient Families, distributed a $500 monthly payment to 300 participants for a year and a half. The money was provided with no strings attached, so participants could use it for whatever they needed.

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  • Literacy tutoring programs show promise in Oakland

    Ashley McBride

    November 21, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Children Rising is providing high-dosage reading and math tutoring to elementary students at schools in Oakland, California, to make up for lost learning during the pandemic. This type of tutoring includes one-on-one instruction multiple times a week during the school day.

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