About

Great Oakland Public Schools Leadership Center is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that provides education, advocacy, and leadership within the Oakland community so that all our students have the opportunity to attend quality public schools.

The GO Leadership Center supports a coalition of Oakland families, students, teachers, principals, community, and civic leaders united around a positive, student-oriented vision for public education in our city.

In 2010, a coalition of parents, teachers, principals, and community leaders from the hills and flatlands, East, West, and North Oakland, charter and district public schools endorsed GO's beliefs and vision for improving Oakland public schools.

Click here to endorse the GO's beliefs and vision.

The GO Leadership Center connects Oaklanders to public education policy and decision-making via our online community, email and print newsletters, meetings and events for the community.

In addition, GO Leadership Center staff work with volunteer issue groups, community allies, district and charter school leaders to develop and inform policy to improve public education in Oakland.

Support for our work

Great Oakland Public Schools Leadership Center is very grateful to have received funding from the following foundations:

• S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation
• William H. Donner Foundation
• Y&H Soda Foundation
• Rogers Family Foundation
• Chamberlin Family Foundation
  
• Rock Foundation
• Zellerbach Family Foundation
• Irene S. Scully Family Foundation
  
• The Bernard E. and Alba Witkin Charitable Trust
• Walter & Elise Haas Fund
• Thomas J. Long Foundation
  

We acknowledge and appreciate all those who have contributed to Great Oakland Public Schools. To view the list of supporters in 2011, click here to see them noted in our Holiday Newsletter.

Click here to make a tax-deductible donation today!