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OCDE NEWSROOM
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7 OC educational programs earn prestigious Golden Bell Awards |
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The California School Boards Association presented prestigious Golden Bell Awards to seven educational programs in Orange County that improved technology, supported language acquisition and promoted community support for students. OCDE’s Multi-tiered System of Support Initiative, which addresses student’s academic, behavioral, and social-emotional learning, was among the more than 50 programs statewide receiving Golden Bell Awards during a reception last week.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/7-oc-educational-programs-earn-prestigious-golden-bell-awards/ |
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VOICE OF OC
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County Halts Census Outreach Grants to City of Santa Ana and Local School District |
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County officials have pulled back plans to award Census outreach money to the city of Santa Ana and Santa Ana Unified School District, prompting protests from city and school district officials that it’s retaliation for raising public concerns about a proposed county homeless shelter in their city. With billions of dollars in funding across OC depending on an accurate Census, county officials are distributing about $1.5 million in state money for local agencies and nonprofits to get the word out in communities that are difficult to count.
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https://voiceofoc.org/2019/12/county-halts-census-outreach-grants-to-city-of-santa-ana-and-local-school-district/ |
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CONTRA COSTA TIMES
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A student didn’t come to class one day because ICE had arrested him. So his teachers went to court. |
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The principal’s voice piped through the PA system at Wilbur Cross High School with a startling announcement. ICE had detained a student. “Everyone was worried and asking around,” says Sandy Martinez-Paz, a 17-year-old junior at the school. “We wanted to know who it was.” Students later learned that Mario Aguilar, an 18-year-old who enrolled in the school last year, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at a nearby courthouse where he’d gone to face charges after a traffic accident.
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https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2019/12/10/a-student-didnt-come-to-class-one-day-because-ice-had-arrested-him-so-his-teachers-went-to-court/ |
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CALmatters
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If the University of California drops the SAT, what would take its place? |
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The debate over whether to stop using the SAT in admissions at the sprawling and nationally influential University of California is approaching a turning point. What would a post-SAT University of California might look like. Would the university simply go test-optional — letting students choose whether to submit scores — or test-flexible, accepting another standardized test in lieu of the SAT and its lesser-used cousin, the ACT? Should standardized tests be used just to decide whether an applicant is eligible for admission, or to winnow the pool of well-qualified contenders? And are test scores a necessary part of admissions at all?
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https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2019/12/what-if-university-california-drops-sat-test-uc/ |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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Opponents drop bid to block California vaccination law |
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Opponents on Monday dropped their attempt to block California’s new law cracking down on doctors who write fraudulent medical exemptions for school children’s vaccinations. They had floated two measures that could have put the Jan. 1 law on hold until voters considered overturning it next year, but did not submit more than 600,000 required signatures before Monday’s deadline.
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https://apnews.com/424284546ae1cfa90931c3b9bfa45a16 |
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Parents sue California school district after daughter’s suicidal thoughts went unreported |
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The parents of a 12-year-old girl who died by suicide last spring are suing her school district, school principal and counselor after they “failed and refused" to act when the girl expressed suicidal thoughts. Dan and Morgan Ocheltree filed a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit against the Yuba City Unified School District in California, as well as counselor Todd Tyler, principal Clint Johnson and other unnamed defendants in November, according to PEOPLE magazine. Madison Ocheltree died by suicide on May 24, after previously texting a friend about her intention to kill herself.
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https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-20191209-voleptuubnb2rg67ucpyas7nhu-story.html |
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