Lakisha Young

November 17, 2022

Tutoring can come in many forms — almost all of them good, panel says

Whether in person or online, tutoring is the only way students will catch up academically, panelists say.

Carolyn Jones

March 11, 2021

Learning pods and hubs, a pandemic innovation, thrive and evolve

This week, learning hubs. Robin Lake of Center on Reinventing Public Education, tells how they're innovating. Lakisha Young, a learning hub pioneer in Oakland, updates us.

EdSource staff

Race and Equity

August 5, 2020

Virtual learning hub led by Oakland parent group aims to continue in fall

Building on summer pilot program, nonprofit group wants to help Oakland students in a program that gives low-income parents a stipend to oversee their child's online learning.

Theresa Harrington

Podcast

July 24, 2020

Parents worried about the fall plan 'learning pods' and micro-schools

Worried about distance learning, families set up "learning pods." UC Prof. Janelle Scott discusses them. Lakisha Young describes a "hub" for Black and Latino families in Oakland.