This is a sampling of The Education Report, Katy Murphy's Oakland schools blog. Read more atwww.IBAbuzz.com/education. Follow her at Twitter.com/katymurphy.
April 26: The Oakland school board this week unanimously approved a policy that establishes its intent to give principals, teachers and families greater authority to improve their school as they see fit.
Members of Oakland Community Organizations and Great Oakland Public Schools, which have pushed for greater school-level decision-making, applauded after the vote.
Supporters said the move would lead to greater family involvement and a stronger parent voice throughout the school system.
Under the policy, each school's governance team -- an expansion of the current School Site Council -- would create a