Notes from the Oakland education forum | The Education Report

Notes from the Oakland education forum | The Education Report

Notes from the Oakland education forum

By Katy Murphy
Thursday, April 28th, 2011 at 8:26 pm in achievement gap, charter schools, school reform.

Today was the Tribune forum on education, held in the Oakland Public Library’s beautiful new branch on 81st Avenue. I’ll admit, I was unsure about how the day would shape up, or how the discussion on charter schools would go. (I’m way more comfortable in front of a computer screen, even under the tightest deadline pressure, than behind a podium.)

But now that it’s all over, I’m looking forward to the next one — in the late