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OCDE NEWSROOM
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OCDE represented on list of Orange County’s 100 Most Influential People |
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An OCDE program administrator has made the Orange County Register’s list of OC’s Most Influential People of 2020. Kirk Anderson, who oversees the department’s juvenile court schools, is among 100 local influencers selected by the newspaper, which singled out philanthropists, political leaders, CEOs and others who made extraordinary contributions during an extraordinary year. Beckie Gomez, an Orange County Board of Education trustee since 2016 who recently re-joined the Tustin City Council, also made the list.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/ocde-is-represented-on-oc-registers-yearly-list-of-the-most-influential-people/ |
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Pandemic or not, Pacifica High School’s Adopt-A-Child brings holiday cheer |
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Pacifica High School’s annual Adopt-A-Child event has been a winter tradition for more than 30 years. And it wasn’t about to give way to a pandemic.
On Monday, Dec. 14, more than 250 seniors and two dozen staff members from the Garden Grove campus loaded up a pair of buses and delivered toys to over 280 kindergarteners, taking all the necessary precautions to make it a safe hand-off.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/pacifica-high-schools-adopt-a-child-continues-on-through-pandemic/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Rancho Mission Viejo teacher is finalist for national honor in math/science education |
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An Orange County teacher is among six state finalists announced Tuesday for the 2020 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching presented by the National Science Foundation. Leslie Whitaker, a third-grade teacher at Esencia Elementary in the Capistrano Unified School District in Rancho Mission Viejo, was among three state finalists in the mathematics category. According to the state, Whitaker has been teaching for 20 years and also worked with the Orange County Department of Education to train teachers for transitional kindergarten through fifth-grade classrooms.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2020/12/22/rancho-mission-viejo-teacher-is-finalist-for-national-honor-in-math-science-education/ |
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VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
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Conflicting Demands From Parents, Teachers Strain North County Schools |
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Facing pressure from parents, some North County schools are trying to open or stay open for in-person learning, but they’re facing a backlash from teachers unions and crippling staff shortages as the coronavirus rages through the county and new cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to rise. In some parts of North County, school leaders are closing schools because they’re running out of teachers, substitutes and other school personnel to run classes in person. Many employees have had to quarantine after positive cases in their classrooms arise and others are calling out of work for health reasons.
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https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/conflicting-demands-from-parents-teachers-strain-north-county-schools/ |
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USA TODAY
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Scores of students are getting F's. What's the point of failing them during COVID-19? |
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It wasn’t until several weeks ago that Christopher Lamar discovered he was failing most of his classes. Lamar, an 18-year-old senior at Lake Nona High School in Orlando, Florida, had always enjoyed being a student. He ran for homecoming; he started a spirit club. Things changed once classes went online this year. Lamar had to watch and cook for his siblings, to clean and manage the household. School fell to the bottom of his priority list.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/12/23/students-failing-grades-online-class-coronavirus/3967886001/ |
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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
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US public school enrollment dips as virus disrupts education |
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An analysis of data from 33 states obtained by Chalkbeat and The Associated Press shows that public K-12 enrollment this fall has dropped across those states by more than 500,000 students, or 2%, since the same time last year.
That is a significant shift considering that enrollment overall in those states has typically gone up by around half a percent in recent years. And the decline is only likely to become more pronounced, as several large states have yet to release information. Chalkbeat and AP surveyed all 50 states, but 17 have not released comparable enrollment numbers yet.
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/12/22/us-public-school-enrollment-dips-as-virus-disrupts-education/ |
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EDSOURCE
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New California absenteeism data shows big discrepancies between white, Black students |
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Black students in California have much higher rates of unexcused absences from school than their white peers, which sometimes lead to disciplinary consequences that can further disrupt their education, according to newly released data. The data, released in November, represents the first time the California Department of Education has broken down absenteeism rates by the reasons for students missing school — whether students were excused, say, for an illness or doctor’s appointment, or unexcused, defined as missing school without a “valid” reason. Lack of transportation to school, among the most common reasons students miss school, is typically an unexcused absence.
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https://edsource.org/2020/new-california-absenteeism-data-shows-big-discrepancies-between-white-black-students/645485 |
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Teachers and school staff in California increasingly likely to get vaccine in next round |
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After frontline medical workers and residents of long-term care facilities receive vaccines, a consensus is emerging among health experts advising officials in California and nationally that teachers and other school staff be high on the priority list to be vaccinated next. In an emergency meeting Sunday, an influential advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control recommended that teachers, school staff and child care workers be among the next group of essential workers to be vaccinated due to the positive impact reopening schools will have on students and their families, and to minimize the health risks to the communities they serve.
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https://edsource.org/2020/teachers-and-school-staff-in-california-increasingly-likely-to-get-vaccine-in-next-round/645515 |
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