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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Festival marks 70th anniversary of Orange County case that helped desegregate schools |
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Genevieve Southgate was just a few years old in the mid-1940s when a determined group of Latino parents began meeting in her dad’s Santa Ana grocery store, Barrios Market.
The parents spent hours strategizing on one topic: how to make sure their children got a fair education in Orange County schools. Southgate gathered with other activists and supporters Saturday at the farmer’s market in Orange to celebrate Fiesta Mendez. The event marked the 70th anniversary of Mendez vs. Westminster, a little-known 1947 court ruling — born from those meetings in Barrios Market — that not only ended segregation of California schools, but helped pave the way for desegregation nationwide.
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http://www.ocregister.com/2017/10/14/festival-marks-70th-anniversary-of-orange-county-case-that-helped-desegregate-schools/ |
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Flexible seating in classrooms lets kids get the wiggles out and focus, teachers say |
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A new seating style spreading across Orange County is giving kids the freedom to wiggle, stretch and sprawl as they learn at school – and the flexibility is having a positive impact on their focus, teachers say. Flexible seating – adjustable desks, wobble-friendly stools, bouncy balls and yoga mats – is being sought for classrooms throughout the county. Teachers at several schools are raising money on their own to convert classrooms – either through traditional means such as fundraising with parents and hitting up local sales, or through online crowdfunding. |
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http://www.ocregister.com/2017/10/13/flexible-seating-in-classrooms-lets-kids-get-the-wiggles-out-and-focus-teachers-say/ |
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California students may get a free year of college, thanks to new law |
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First-time community college students up and down the Golden State can look forward to discounted – or free – classes during their first year on campus. Gov. Jerry Brown’s signing of AB19 means that the “California College Promise” is now part of state law. The name is modeled after the influential Long Beach College Promise program initiated in 2008 in order to ease Long Beach Unified School District graduates’ ability to enroll in Long Beach City College or Cal State Long Beach. |
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http://www.ocregister.com/2017/10/13/governor-signs-california-college-promise-bill-into-law/ |
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Students across Southern California treated to their own supersonic air show |
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Students at Serrano Intermediate School were in awe as four different military aircraft flew overhead from Edwards Air Force Base, Friday afternoon, in part to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first supersonic flight on Oct. 14, 1947 and part of an initiative to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education.
On that date, Captain Charles Yeager took a Bell X-1 and accelerated to 700 miles per hour, becoming the first human to officially travel faster than the speed of sound in level flight.
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http://www.ocregister.com/2017/10/13/students-across-southern-california-treated-to-their-own-supersonic-air-show/ |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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Brown vetoes extended paid maternity leave for teachers |
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Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday vetoed Assembly Bill 568 that would have granted teachers and other academic employees of California school districts, charter schools and community colleges at least six weeks of paid leave before or after giving birth.
Many teachers do not currently receive paid maternity leave because they do not participate in the state’s worker-funded disability insurance program, though there are significant exceptions like the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article179062806.html#storylink=cpy |
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School districts should decide what students can wear at graduation, Jerry Brown says |
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Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday vetoed a bill that would have allowed California students to wear items of cultural significance on graduation day.
Assembly Bill 233, by Democrat Todd Gloria of San Diego, would have allowed on a statewide basis a custom that has been prohibited by some school districts in California.
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http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article179063006.html#storylink=cpy |
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EDSOURCE
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Gov. Brown signs bill to end 'meal shaming' in schools |
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Students in California whose families owe money for school lunches will no longer be given only a snack — a cheese stick, an apple and a glass of milk — or nothing at all, until they’re all paid up. They’ll get the same meal as all the other students. That’s because Gov. Brown signed SB 250, authored by Sen. Robert Hertzberg, D-Los Angeles. |
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https://edsource.org/2017/gov-brown-signs-bill-to-end-meal-shaming-in-schools/588729 |
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KPCC
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LAUSD schools lost more students than expected this year |
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The Los Angeles Unified School District's student enrollment numbers have decreased again, and a new headcount shows this year's drop was slightly bigger than district officials had anticipated. Instead of losing around 10,000 students — as originally forecast — L.A. Unified's final enrollment count was down by 13,000 students compared to last year, the district's chief financial officer Scott Price said. |
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https://www.scpr.org/news/2017/10/16/76644/lausd-schools-lost-more-students-than-expected-thi/ |
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A barrier removed for low-income parents seeking education |
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There's a new law on the books in California that will remove a barrier for low-income parents aiming to access education. Under a bill signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown last week, poor parents enrolled in English as a Second Language (ESL) or high school equivalency courses will be eligible for subsidized child care. |
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https://www.scpr.org/news/2017/10/16/76641/a-barrier-removed-for-low-income-parents-seeking-e/ |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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Growth in college prep programs touted at Santa Ana Unified’s State of the District event |
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The number of programs available to Santa Ana Unified School District students to help prepare them for college and careers has grown at an extraordinary rate over the past few years, giving more students opportunities to succeed, Superintendent Stefanie Phillips said. Her comments came Friday morning during her State of the District Breakfast at Godinez Fundamental High School. |
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http://newsroom.ocde.us/growth-in-college-prep-programs-touted-at-santa-ana-unifieds-state-of-the-district-event/ |
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NPR
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When The Focus Is On The Student, Not The Class |
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Not that long ago, the high school in Pittsfield, N.H., had some of the lowest standardized tests scores in the state and was known as a dropout factory.
But over the past six years, the school district has overhauled its approach to education. Now in most classes, grades aren't used to measure progress. And that is a relief to Jenny Wellington, an English teacher at Pittsfield High School, who says grades never really told her whether her students were actually learning.
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http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/10/14/545631502/when-the-focus-is-on-the-student-not-the-class |
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