Urban trend: a movement towards local public elementary schools
These two Oakland Tribune articles, Struggling to find the 'right' school and Area Schools see demographic shift, by Katy Murphy highlight a growing trend: parents who might otherwise send their children to private school are choosing to send their kids to local public elementary schools and, hence, reinvesting in their community.
This basic choice is actually deeply political and a major, if somewhat hidden, topic in big cities all over the nation. Here in Oakland, where the Oakland Unified School District has never really recovered from this blow in 2002, this kind of re-engagement with public institutions is a critical component in making progressive change in America's cities.
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This basic choice is actually deeply political and a major, if somewhat hidden, topic in big cities all over the nation. Here in Oakland, where the Oakland Unified School District has never really recovered from this blow in 2002, this kind of re-engagement with public institutions is a critical component in making progressive change in America's cities.
Tags: Public Schools Education Cities
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