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CONTRA COSTA TIMES
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Popular school fundraiser is just ‘junk-food marketing to kids,’ experts say |
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For 43 years, schoolkids and their parents have clipped the labels from cookie bags and cracker boxes as part of a popular rewards program called Labels for Education.
Through this and similar programs — think Tyson’s Project A+ or General Mills’ Box Tops for Education — schools get cash and supplies in exchange for clipped labels from participating food items. But these programs, most of which are wildly popular at U.S. schools, may have major downsides for students. Critics say they are designed to sell junk food to children too young to make good health decisions.
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https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/01/21/popular-school-fundraiser-is-just-junk-food-marketing-to-kids-experts-say/ |
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EDSOURCE
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LA’s choice: In charter wars, board members say they will seek bridge builder as next schools chief |
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As the Los Angeles Unified school board gears up to select a successor to Superintendent Michelle King, one of the major issues it will have to consider are the candidates’ views and positions on charter schools. Charter schools have been a major source of tension and conflict in the district, brought on in part by the presence of 224 independently run charter schools in the district, more than any other district in the nation. Another 54 are charter schools run by the district. |
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https://edsource.org/2018/las-choice-in-charter-wars-board-members-say-they-will-seek-bridge-builder-as-next-schools-chief/592802 |
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SI&A CABINET REPORT
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Governance overlap hurts early learning services |
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Only about a third of the 1 million California children who qualify for subsidized early learning programs actually receive the services, and the quality of what is provided varies greatly statewide, according to a new report released today. One of the major barriers to improving the system is money, as child care and early learning programs were deeply cut during the recession and remain $500 million below prior highs, the Learning Policy Institute reported. |
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https://www.cabinetreport.com/curriculum-instruction/governance-overlap-hurts-early-learning-services |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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50 years later, OC superintendent’s vision of ‘a decathlon of studies’ is bigger than ever |
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Believe it or not, this year marks the 50th anniversary of that 10-event battle-of-the-brains known as the Academic Decathlon. It’s been pretty well documented that the Academic Decathlon originated right here in Orange County as the brainchild of former County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Robert Peterson. But few probably know that the idea came to Peterson while he was a prisoner of war in Nazi Germany during the Second World War. |
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http://newsroom.ocde.us/lets-do-this-local-high-school-teams-prep-for-50th-annual-orange-county-academic-decathlon/ |
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NPR
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What Do Asthma, Heart Disease And Cancer Have In Common? Maybe Childhood Trauma |
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"Trauma" is a heavy and haunting word. For many Americans, it conjures images of troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The emotional toll from those wars made headlines and forced a healthcare reckoning at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, a pediatrician, would like to see a similar reckoning in every doctor's office, health clinic and classroom in America — for children who have experienced trauma much closer to home.
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https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/01/23/578280721/what-do-asthma-heart-disease-and-cancer-have-in-common-maybe-childhood-trauma |
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