"In some cases, she said, the tactics employed by school officials to convince parents and students even resemble bullying."

Schools use home visits, calls to convince parents to choose in-person classes in fall

 ...But Lakisha Young questions this orthodoxy. Young, who heads an Oakland-based nonprofit group that works to improve educational opportunities for families of color, thinks the conversation about the fall is centered too much on whether families will return in person. In some cases, she said, the tactics employed by school officials to convince parents and students even resemble bullying.

Instead, school districts should be exploring new and better ways to educate families, she said — including in an online format. She pointed to the model developed by her nonprofit, the Oakland REACH. Called the “Hub,” it is a parent-led initiative that offers families a wide range of free services, from after-school care to academic support to technology training and entrepreneurship classes for parents. Hub students’ reading scores went up dramatically during the pandemic, she said. Although the Hub started off independent from the school system, Oakland Public Schools has now partnered with the Oakland REACH to make it part of the district’s regular programming.

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