Oakland makes national news – in a good way | The Education Report

Oakland makes national news – in a good way | The Education Report

Oakland makes national news – in a good way

By Katy Murphy
Friday, April 15th, 2011 at 5:03 pm in Algebra/Math, elementary schools, literacy,students.

When friends and relatives from other parts of the country see Oakland in the news, it’s almost always because something tragic or bizarre has happened here. I’m sure many of you can relate.

Now I hate to speak too soon — I wasn’t near a TV at 3:20 this afternoon — but Ibelieve BET aired a piece about Amir Ealy and 22 other African-American boys in Oakland who earned perfect scores on their 2010 math or reading tests. The network used some of our footage (with permission) in this one-minute news brief, which is now posted on its website.