You have seen the headlines. Budget cuts threaten to gut our already struggling public schools. This will have little impact on Oakland's affluent schools -- it’s the flatland public schools we must worry about, where families do not have the resources they need. Click here to learn more about our fund drive!

One of OSSF's founding schools, Think College Now was one of only three Oakland schools to receive the state's prestigious Distinguished School award this year. Read more here!

Check out the school's page to see Principal Enomwoyi Booker interviewed by CBS 5's Sherry Hu.

"I have complete confidence in the Oakland Small Schools Foundation and all of its staff to provide the excellent and essential operational services that help our school to be successful." -- Aaron Townsend, Principal, Coliseum College Prep Academy, Feb. 8, 2008

Jonathan and Justin Ziegler have overcome daunting odds to make the honor roll at Life Academy, one of our small Oakland high schools. They've also been accepted into the Students Rising Above college scholarship program. To watch the Ziegler brothers on CBS 5, click here!

Students at Youth Empowerment School (YES) are applying for college in record numbers: This year, 31 of 45 seniors (69%) are sending applications to four-year schools! Click here to read more.

EnCompass Academy and ACORN Woodland are featured in this piece on the ambition and momentum of the small schools movement.

Click here to read about EnCompass Academy's notable achievement gains since opening its doors in 2004.