Tuesday, March 30, 2010

The Education Report DIY mentoring at an Oakland middle school

The Education Report

DIY mentoring at an Oakland middle school

By Katy Murphy
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 at 7:04 pm in middle schools, students, teachers

Ryan Hansen and his mentor, Alex Thibeault
Word on the street is that it’s hard to repeat the eighth grade in OUSD, even if your report card is loaded with Ds and Fs. (Remember the retention memo? I’m checking on the exact numbers.)
But teachers at Edna Brewer Middle School have long worried about kids who — because of their bad grades – don’t participate in the eighth-grade promotion