OCDE NEWSROOM
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Charter proposal for Anaheim’s Palm Lane Elementary gets OK |
Anaheim Elementary School District trustees reversed their past opposition and approved a proposal from New Century Charter Public Schools to operate its Palm Lane Elementary School. Parents and officials at the school now have a matter of months to prepare for the switch to a charter school that will open in the fall. The company will operated the campus as a grade school for 775 students focusing on science, technology, engineering, arts and math. |
http://www.ocregister.com/2017/12/15/charter-proposal-for-anaheims-palm-lane-elementary-gets-ok/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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DAILY PILOT |
Cybersecurity arcade game aims to improve high school students’ skills in English and math |
Coastline Community College has created a cybersecurity-themed online game to help improve area high school students’ English and math skills. “Cyber Attack” quizzes players about grammar and math. If players answer correctly, they stop a hacker from compromising a bank’s security data. If they answer incorrectly, the bank’s information is compromised. The college received a grant from Orange County Pathways — an organization that connects educators with business leaders — to create the game. |
http://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-cybersecurity-20171215-story.html |
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DAILY PILOT |
Special-needs students take a STEP toward independence with job skills training |
Vicki Ann Martini always knew special-needs students had the potential to be independent and part of society. All they needed was support. A group of Martini’s colleagues in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District, where she was a job coach, had similar feelings, so they drafted a proposal for a program to help special-needs students after they complete four years of high school. |
http://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-step-20171214-story.html |
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PRESS-ENTERPRISE
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Why Hemet’s District Closet is a win-win for student customers, employees |
The term “win-win situation” can be clichéd, but the Hemet Unified School District has come up with a program that truly benefits people on both sides. The District Closet debuted this week, offering the opportunity for students and families in need to get free clothing and allowing older students with special needs to learn about running a business. |
http://www.pe.com/2017/12/15/why-hemets-district-closet-is-a-win-win-for-student-customers-employees/ |
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MONTEREY HERALD
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California School Dashboard has plenty of critics |
Top education officials seem enamored with the California School Dashboard, the new tool being used to measure how schools and districts are performing. But there are plenty of critics who feel it’s too clunky and has too much information — although not the kind of information that parents need. It’s difficult to navigate, they say, and it does not provide a ranking system that would allow for parents to see how their schools compare to others. |
http://www.montereyherald.com/social-affairs/20171217/california-school-dashboard-has-plenty-of-critics |
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LAGUNA BEACH INDEPENDENT
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Teens Help Seniors Navigate Technology |
The program was spearheaded by Charlie Dickerson, a junior at Laguna Beach High School. Charlie and his friends started a club called United Teens for Senior Health. The club’s mission is to honor, support and give back to the older generation. Charlie said the members of United Teens recognize that senior citizens have “trouble with technology because it’s completely different from what they knew growing up.” |
https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/teens-help-seniors-navigate-technology/ |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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Tustin High School’s Femineers Club works to empower girls in STEM education |
Like many high school engineering clubs, students in this club spend their time building rockets to launch into the sky, creating a self-playing guitar, and constructing other cool gadgets. But unlike the other clubs, this one was established specifically for girls, with the goal of getting more of them to take an interest in careers in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM. The Tustin High Femineers Club is one of the first of its kind in the region, consisting of 26 girls from grades nine through 12. |
http://newsroom.ocde.us/tustin-high-schools-femineers-club-works-to-empower-girls-in-stem-education/ |
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