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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Santa Ana High School teacher one of 10 finalists for 2018 Grammy Music Educator Award |
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Santa Ana High School’s band director — a man students describe as a father figure and life coach — has been named one of 10 finalists nationwide for the 2018 Grammy Music Educator Award. Victor de los Santos, 33, is the only music teacher in Southern California and one of just three from the West Coast to be chosen for the honor, selected from a pool of more than 2,300 nominees from private and public schools,
As a finalist, de los Santos will receive a $1,000 honorarium.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2017/12/18/santa-ana-high-school-teacher-one-of-10-finalists-for-2018-grammy-music-educator-award/ |
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EDSOURCE
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California school district targets underlying issues to combat chronic absenteeism |
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On an early fall evening, hundreds of students, ranging from 1st-graders to high school seniors, filed onto the stage of a cavernous auditorium at a San Francisco Bay Area high school. One by one, they marched to the microphone to state their name and their milestone in achieving perfect attendance for at least a year: Some had made the goal for four years, some for seven years. One girl, a recent graduate, received a trophy in absentia, for 12. |
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https://edsource.org/2017/california-school-district-targets-underlying-issues-to-combat-chronic-absenteeism/591735 |
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NPR
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How Much Do Teachers Spend On Classroom Supplies? |
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It's inevitable. Each year, teachers dip into their own pockets to buy things like notebooks, tissues and pencils for their students. This inevitability is even enshrined in the tax code, which gives educators a $250 deduction for their trouble. Late last week, in hammering out their big tax overhaul, Republicans decided to preserve that deduction. So we thought we would ask teachers how much of their own money they spend each year. |
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https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/12/19/569989782/how-much-do-teachers-spend-on-classroom-supplies |
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California Schools To Target Parents For School Lunch Debt, Not Kids |
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A new California law will put an end to shaming students for unpaid school lunch fees.
Michele Stillwell-Parvensky knows firsthand about school lunch shaming. When she was a kid in third grade she was denied meals for several days because the cafeteria records showed her mom hadn’t paid the lunch fee. Today, Stillwell-Parvensky works for the Children’s Defense Fund – California. She helped push for the new law which states that no school official may delay or deny food to punish students for any reason.
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http://www.capradio.org/106952 |
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