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OCDE NEWSROOM
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California’s crisis with athletic trainers: High school athletes are at risk |
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California has more than 800,000 high-schoolers playing sports, yet the state does not require schools to have athletic trainers at practices or games—and very few do. Just 25 percent of public high schools employ a full-time athletic trainer, according to CIF data from 2016-17. Even more troubling? California is the only state that does not regulate the profession of athletic training. |
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http://www.ocregister.com/2017/11/14/californias-crisis-with-athletic-trainers-high-school-athletes-are-at-risk/ |
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Huntington Beach gymnast has people flipping over his device to improve performance through sound |
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Somehow, 13-year-old Spencer Green came up with an idea: to measure the g-forces generated by gymnasts on the high bar. And that led to the youngster’s invention of a device that would measure gymnastic movements and provide instant audio feedback on whether they were being done correctly.
And THAT was good enough to earn the Pegasus School student and gymnast second place in the engineering category of a national STEM competition and third place in the 66th annual California State Science Fair. His project was called “Sonfication Accelerometers for the Training of Elite Gymnasts.”
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http://www.ocregister.com/2017/11/14/huntington-beach-gymnast-has-people-flipping-over-his-device-to-improve-performance-through-sound/ |
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CSUF team helps schoolkids with a mural — and to think about college and careers |
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A project that grew out of studying historic murals in Mexico came to an elementary school in Santa Ana last month. A group of Cal State Fullerton visual arts students and alums went to Jefferson Elementary School to talk with about 50 third-, fourth- and fifth-graders about college and career preparation. They then guided them in creating a canvas mural that allows them to explore these themes artistically. |
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http://www.ocregister.com/2017/11/15/csuf-team-helps-schoolkids-with-a-mural-and-to-think-about-college-and-careers/ |
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Anaheim teen arrested on suspicion of threatening a shooting spree at several schools |
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A 14-year-old Western High School student was arrested Tuesday night, Nov. 14, on suspicion of threatening to carry out shootings on several campuses in Anaheim and Buena Park, police said. High schools targeted for shootings on Friday by the boy included Western, Magnolia and Cypress in Anaheim; and Buena Park, Kristina Hamm, spokeswoman for the Anaheim Police Department, said in a statement.
A Western High School student notified police of the alleged plot Sunday night after seeing an Instagram post screenshot on a Snapchat account, she said.
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http://www.ocregister.com/2017/11/14/anaheim-teen-arrested-on-suspicion-of-threatening-a-shooting-spree-at-several-schools/ |
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EDSOURCE
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California at bottom in nationwide ranking of accountability systems; state board president disagrees |
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Another prominent education research and advocacy organization that disapproves of California’s approach to school accountability has ranked California’s new system at the bottom nationwide in a report released Tuesday. The low score by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute reflects a core disagreement over how best to identify and work with schools needing help. California education leaders are unapologetic about the route they’ve chosen, and they say the Fordham analysis contains a key error. |
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https://edsource.org/2017/california-at-bottom-in-nationwide-ranking-of-accountability-systems-state-board-president-disagrees/590271 |
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Fires, floods, hurricanes: Teachers turn natural disasters into science and history lessons |
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The fires may be out in the Wine Country, but they’re still a daily topic in many California classrooms. At Design Tech High, a charter school in Burlingame that’s affiliated with Oracle, students are analyzing the science behind the Tubbs Fire that raged through Sonoma County in October and creating blueprints for how the destroyed neighborhoods can rebuild in a way that could minimize impacts from the next fire. |
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https://edsource.org/2017/fires-floods-hurricanes-teachers-turn-natural-disasters-into-science-and-history-lessons/590224 |
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SI&A CABINET REPORT
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Serving low-income kids requires multiple local agencies |
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With child poverty rates remaining substantially higher than before the recession, county offices of education need to collaborate more with other local agencies to help schools better serve low-income youth, advocates say. According to a report released last month by the Public Policy Institute of California, nearly 20 percent of children in the state lived below the poverty line in 2016, well above the rate in 2007 of about 17 percent. |
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https://www.cabinetreport.com/politics-education/serving-low-income-kids-requires-multiple-local-agencies |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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New report shows how OCDE measures up against eight strategic goals |
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A new report released by Orange County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Al Mijares shows OCDE’s progress toward meeting its long-range strategic goals.
It’s called “Measuring Up: Strategic Priorities and Key Performance Indicators 2017-18,” and it can be accessed clicking on the link or the graphic below.
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http://newsroom.ocde.us/new-report-shows-how-ocde-measures-up-against-eight-strategic-goals/ |
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