PRESS RELEASE 3-3-18
Oakland, CA - The OUSD Office of English Language Learner and Multilingual Achievement is proud to announce that after a long campaigning process, it has secured a major grant from the State of California to provide additional services for refugees and other eligible school-age students served by the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement. The grant will total more than $1.8 million over three years.

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In 2017-18, Oakland Unified School District expanded options for language learners with programs at two new locations: Oakland SOL, OUSD's first Dual Language program for middle school, and Rudsdale Newcomer which supports newcomer students in earning a high school diploma. These are exciting additions to the multilingual pathways we are building District-wide!

Read more about the Rudsdale Newcomer program in these features: 

• KQED, January 19, 2021: How Mam Speakers Are Helping 1,300 Students in Oakland Navigate Remote Learning

• KQED, January 13, 2021: Ana Couldn't Go to High School Because She Had to Work. Remote Learning in Boss's Car Made It Happen

• Edweek March, 2018: Oakland schools balance improving student performance while making deep budget cuts 

• Oakland SOL (Dual-Language middle school) featured in East Bay Times: As Oakland public students flee, enticing new middle school aims to reduce exodus

• Newcomer students featured in a book, reviewed by the New York Times: ‘The Far Away Brothers’ Breathes Vivid Life Into Immigration Issues

• Executive Director Nicole Knight recieved the Council of Great City School's 2017 Valeria Silva Award on behalf of the ELLMA team for "Outstanding English Language Learner Achievement"

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