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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Moulton Elementary Garden Center teaches students to dig their veggies |
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It’s unusual to see a bunch of third-graders excited about eating their vegetables, but at Laguna Niguel’s Moulton Elementary School’s Garden Center, they’re ecstatic about them. Next to a sizable garden and huddled around a picnic table on a recent morning at Moulton Elementary, some 15 third-graders have plates of raw vegetables in front of them. The lesson plan is “eating the rainbow.” |
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https://www.ocregister.com/2018/01/02/moulton-elementary-garden-center-helps-students-learn-to-dig-their-veggies/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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Inside the fight over how to address San Francisco's 'state of emergency' for black student achievement |
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Black students in San Francisco would be better off almost anywhere else in California.
Many attend segregated schools and the majority of black, Latino and Pacific Islander students did not reach grade-level standards on the state’s recent math or English tests.
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http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-sf-educational-emergency-20180102-story.html |
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WASHINGTON POST
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Sharp decline in high school graduation exams is testing the education system |
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In this new year, we are experiencing a drastic change in the way U.S. students are assessed. A national movement led by educators, parents and legislators has greatly cut back high-stakes standardized testing in public schools. Five years ago, 25 states had standardized high school exit exams whose results affected graduation. Now, only 13 states are doing that. A report by the nonprofit FairTest: The National Center for Fair & Open Testing has revealed this shift and chronicled efforts to reduce many other kinds of testing. |
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/2017/12/31/662dc31c-eb5d-11e7-9f92-10a2203f6c8d_story.html |
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SI&A CABINET REPORT
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Feds pan CA’s ESSA plan, setting up new conflict |
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After getting a highly critical review from federal regulators of the California plan for complying with the Every Student Succeeds Act, state officials promised to work cooperatively on some issues but also warned other things were non-negotiable.
“We will be working to address technical points of clarification while noting that there are areas of disagreement over the interpretation of federal statute,” said Mike Kirst, president of the state board of education, and Tom Torlakson, state schools chief, in a joint statement late last month.
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https://www.cabinetreport.com/politics-education/feds-pan-cas-essa-plan-setting-up-new-conflict |
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KPCC
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Alarmed by fake news, schools push media literacy |
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Alarmed by the proliferation of false content online, state lawmakers around the country are pushing schools to put more emphasis on teaching students how to tell fact from fiction. Lawmakers in several states have introduced or passed bills calling on public school systems to do more to teach media literacy skills that they say are critical to democracy. The effort has been bipartisan but has received little attention despite successful legislation in Washington state, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Mexico. |
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https://www.scpr.org/news/2017/12/30/79400/fake-news-schools-media-literacy/ |
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