Author Spotlight

The XQ Project will help put Oakland on the cutting edge of learning new strategies that will ultimately benefit all kids in our community.

I am West Oakland. My name is Annette Miller and West Oakland is my home.
I grew up in West Oakland schools, including McClymonds High… Read More

Editor’s Note: We are excited to feature a guest post from Lacy Ashbill, the co-founder of Moving Forward Institute, which focuses on students’ emotional well-being… Read More

“Education equity means increasing resources and access to opportunities to breakdown any barriers for certain students and open the doors for educational success.”
— Valentina… Read More

Angela Badami-Knight joins the GO team this month as the Manager of Educator Community for Oakland,
Angela spent almost a decade as a special education… Read More

Annette is just one in the many generations of her family that have called McClymonds High School home. Everyone from her grandparents to her parents, to her kids have all walked the halls of McClymonds. “I have to do this for the kids,” Annette said. “I am just trying to make the school better for whoever wants to go here. I believe that we, West Oakland families, can make the change we want.”

Editor’s Note: In celebration of Teacher Appreciation Month, guest blogger, Kelly Knoche, a former Oakland Unified School District teacher and owner of The Teaching Well,… Read More

GO Public Schools was honored on Thursday, April 28 with a prestigious Making Democracy Work Award from the League of Women Voters of Oakland. The… Read More