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Thursday, October 19, 2017

LOS ANGELES TIMES

DAILY PILOT
Newport-Mesa selects map for adjusting school trustee zone boundaries
After a yearlong debate about how to adjust trustee zone boundaries to make them more equal in population, the Newport-Mesa Unified School District board on Tuesday unanimously approved a map labeled Map G, which critics contend was created with minimal public input. The boundary adjustment is part of the district’s decision to change its election system so trustees will be chosen by voters in the zones they live in instead of by voters throughout the school district. School attendance boundaries will not be affected.
http://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-nmusd-meeting-20171018-story.html

SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE

San Diego Unified board president calls for action on social issues
San Diego Unified School District board President Richard Barrera has issued a call to action on several social issues, saying housing, immigration and criminal justice reform all affect education. “As your representative, I’m here to challenge all of us,” Barrera said, speaking Tuesday night at Sherman Elementary School before Superintendent Cindy Marten’s annual State of the District address.
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/sd-me-barrera-speech-20171018-story.html

EDSOURCE

Poll: Public schools must do more to prepare non-college going students for the workforce
California’s public schools should be doing much more to prepare students who don’t go to college to enter the workforce, according to registered voters who responded to a Berkeley IGS/EdSource poll. But they are divided in their assessment of how well schools are doing in providing that preparation. They also expressed strong support for community colleges and other institutions to offer more vocationally oriented apprenticeship programs that may not lead to a college degree but prepare students for specific jobs.
https://edsource.org/2017/poll-public-schools-must-do-more-to-prepare-non-college-going-students-for-the-workforce/588549

Children whose parents speak a language other than English less likely to enroll in preschool
Young children with at least one parent who speaks a language other than English at home are less likely to be enrolled in quality early childhood programs, although it is most critical for those students, according to a national report that includes a 30-state analysis on how different policies affect dual language learners.
https://edsource.org/2017/many-children-whose-parents-speak-a-language-other-than-english-arent-enrolling-in-preschool/589062

SI&A CABINET REPORT

Districts lack community outreach authorizing charters
Loopholes in state law allow school districts to authorize new charter schools outside district boundaries without any show of support from the community where the school will operate, according to a new state audit. At least 10 percent of the state’s 1,246 charter schools had at least one campus authorized by their district’s board that is located outside of their respective district’s boundaries, the California State Auditor reported Tuesday.
https://www.cabinetreport.com/politics-education/districts-lack-community-outreach-authorizing-charters

KPCC

Complaints piling up against LAUSD board member Ref Rodriguez
One month after his indictment on campaign finance charges, a new complaint was filed this week against Los Angeles School Board member Refugio "Ref" Rodriguez for allegedly transferring more than $285,000 in public funds from the charter school network he co-founded to two businesses with which he had personal ties.
https://www.scpr.org/news/2017/10/18/76774/complaints-piling-up-against-lausd-board-member-re/

NPR

Young Children Are Spending Much More Time In Front Of Small Screens
It's not your imagination: Tiny tots are spending dramatically more time with tiny screens. Common Sense Media, a nonprofit organization, just released new numbers on media use by children 8 and under. The nationally representative parent survey found that 98 percent of homes with children now have a mobile device such as a tablet or smartphone. That's a huge leap from 52 percent just six years ago.
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/10/19/558178851/young-children-are-spending-much-more-time-in-front-of-small-screens


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