Our Vision

Gone are the days of marathon memorization of facts and dates, of struggling in vain to cover every standard, and of the textbook holding all the answers.

Today’s history-social science teachers are constantly balancing multiple demands. How can we build our students’ capacity to ask important questions and seek out information from multiple perspectives? How can we help students understand challenging, nuanced content? What content is most important to teach? How can we support the development of our students’ critical thinking skills? How can we help our students read, write, and deliberate? And how can our classes prepare students to take informed action in their communities today and tomorrow?

Contrary to what you might read in a textbook, human societies are...click to read more about our vision for Oakland students and teachers.