ABOUT EDUCATION FOR CHANGE

Education for Change Public Schools (EFCPS) believes it is the right of every child to have access to a high-quality, 21st century education. Our vision is that EFCPS students challenge the predictable patterns of performance and access to opportunity in this country by demonstrating the essential academic competencies, personal agency, and integrated identity necessary to be prepared for a meaningful and productive life. EFCPS is a charter management organization that serves more than 2,500 children in a diverse portfolio of TK-12 schools in the Fruitvale and Elmhurst neighborhoods of Oakland. 

EFCPS Core Values

Connected - We continually work to build trusting relationships among students, families, staff, and the Oakland community at large. We are an all-hands-on-deck network driven by empathy. We value our collective identity and the individual identities of our community members and scholars such that we have a sense of c...