What predicts whether a student is a good fit for Oakland LEARN? The simplest and best predictor is whether they like it when they try it. We offer summer sessions for families to check out Oakland LEARN with no commitment. We are also willing to accommodate one week and two week trials year-round.

Here are some groups of students who often love it at Oakland LEARN:

Students who are bored in conventional school tend to thrive here. Because lessons move at their own pace, they learn more, faster. They take on challenges that a conventional school wouldn’t offer them. They set ambitious goals for themselves. When we hear from parents who say “he complains that school doesn’t teach him anything” or “she gets in trouble for reading in class” or “we’ve been fighting with the school to allow them to do more independent work”, we suspect we’ll be a fit.

Students who are gifted, twice exceptional, or learning disabled: Conventional education works fairly well for students who are learning at the pace the school ‘expects’ of them, but it can be rough for students who learn at a difference pace, whether that’s a faster pace or a slower pace. Since we build the lesson around the child, instead of vice versa, and let students skip lessons that are boring or frustrating, we’re able to better serve students who are ahead, behind - or both in different subject areas.

Oakland LEARN admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.