Education Excellence in Action

The Education Excellence Program at Urban Strategies Council focuses on increasing academic achievement, parent and community engagement, wrap-around services on school sites, and education research to support action. We view schools as important institutions in communities and believe that increasing the engagement and decision-making roles of parents and the community at the school site level will lead to improved academic achievement for students, greater opportunities for positive youth development, and better outcomes for communities.

Our goal is to reduce intergenerational poverty by increasing educational achievement and equitable educational outcomes in communities.

Our current work includes:

• Full Service Community Schools
• African American Male Achievement Initiative
• National Grade Level Reading Campaign
• Oakland Reads 2020
• Oakland Peer Tutoring Resource Center

For more information about our Education Excellence Program, please contact:

Alison Feldman at 510-893-1377 or alisonf (at) urbanstrategies.org