OCDE Education in the News

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

OCDE NEWSROOM

New Ocean View chief prepares for job

Student achievement is solid, but declining enrollment poses problems, Superintendent Alan Rasmussen says.

http://www.ocregister.com/news/schools-district-school-1926530-view-ocean

Standing at the helm of the Brea Olinda ship

Arthur ‘Skip’ Roland takes over as Brea Unified superintendent. Roland, who went to kindergarten, first and second grades in Brea before his family moved to Orange, has been the district's assistant superintendent of business services for six years.

http://www.ocregister.com/news/brea-need-job-1926527-superintendent-family

ASK THE TEACHER

Can you incorporate Register in Education program into your columns?

Q. I am the Manager for the Register in Education program here at The Register. I just read a few of your columns today and they were fascinating. I am hoping, especially after reading your column about the Home Safety Council's contest, that you can incorporate our program into your column.

http://www.ocregister.com/news/readers-register-program-1926124-rie-need

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Student draws inspiration from award

Pacifica High junior, Peri Unver, is recognized by national women's group. The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute presented Unver with the "Future Leaders" award and gave her a scholarship worth $10,000.

http://www.ocregister.com/news/really-school-science-1926917-award-think

EDITORIAL

Schools should get technical

The Little Hoover Commission, a state agency that recommends ways to increase government efficiency and effectiveness, has discovered the obvious. Essentially, the commission has concluded that career technical education, formerly known by the now politically incorrect name of "vocational education," should be expanded as an alternative for students to the college-prep track emphasized in California public schools.

http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/schools-public-commission-1926625-education-career

ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

DAILY PILOT

List of thanks between bites

Kindergartners at Paularino Elementary got an early taste of Thanksgiving Tuesday when parent volunteers organized a Thanksgiving feast with all the fixins.

http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2007/11/21/education/dpt-feast21.txt

DAILY PILOT

Grateful for GIs

More than 1,000 notes of thanks will make their way from the hands of Newport fourth-graders and others to those of troops abroad.

http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2007/11/21/education/dpt-thankyou21.txt

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Principal to donate a kidney to student

School principals like to leave a lasting impression on students, and Franklin Middle School's Jim Friel is going the extra mile. Friel is donating a kidney to a 13-year-old eighth-grader. "I've spent 24 years in education trying to make a difference," said Friel, the father of two adult boys. "This is the best opportunity I've had so far."

http://www.sacbee.com/827/story/507118.html

State owes schools, suit says

Education advocates are expected to file suit today against the state of California for shortchanging school districts $1 billion – a move they say has left districts feeling used like "credit cards." The California School Boards Association, joined by a handful of school districts, wants the state to reimburse K-12 districts for programs they say the state required and should have paid for.

http://www.sacbee.com/education/story/507822.html

FCMAT

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http://www.fcmat.org

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