Video
Videos featuring BayCES staff, colleagues, and partners discussing our work.
Featured Videos
Yetunde Reeves, principal of Excel High School in Oakland, discusses her work with Steve Jubb, LaShawn, and BayCES at our leadership transition event in June 2007.
LaShawn Routé Chatmon speaking at a celebration honoring former BayCES ED Steve Jubb and launching her leadership as Executive Director.
BayCES school leaders defend their small schools to the OUSD School Board - September 26, 2007
Encompass Principal Minh-Tram Nguyen
Leadership High School Principal Denise Jeffrey
Manzanita SEED Teacher Paul Davis
Think College Now Principal David Silver
Additional Video
"Oakland School Grapples With More Budget Cuts"
Interview with Enomwoyi Booker, principal at PLACE @ Prescott Elementary in Oakland. - 2/22/08
"Who Gets to Graduate?" A Panel Discussion featuring experts including Nidya Baez, a former student member of the BayCES-coached design team for the new small high school, Youth Empowerment School (YES). Hosted by the Commonwealth Club. 2/14/08.
See related article on Nidya here on the Edutopia site, which includes a link to a video feature about the Fremont High School Business Academy whose students contributed to the YES school design.
LaShawn at Alliance for Excellent Education
LaShawn Routé Chatmon presents at the Alliance for Excellent Education conference, "From No Child Left Behind to Every Child a Graduate: Connecting Local Priorities to National Opportunities" - 7/20/07
New Highland Academy
Principal Liz Ozol and teachers at Oakland's New Highland Academy discuss the benefits of converting to a new small school and the value of BayCES coaching.
Lewis Cohen, Executive Director of the Coalition of Essential Schools
Lewis speaks about the contributions of BayCES and its leaders to the work of the national coalition and to essential, small school reform.
"Starting Over in Oakland" (2007) - an article and video in Edutopia magazine about the opening of United for Success Academy, a BayCES partner school.
Ascend School - Turning on the Switch (2003).
A moving video about expeditionary learning at the Oakland small school.
Related article on Ascend here: "The Little School that Did" Edutopia Magazine, 2003.
A 3-minute documentary about the dance program at East Oakland School of the Arts, a bayCES partner school.