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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Students to participate virtually in National History Day-Orange County competition |
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More than 200 young historians representing 25 schools will once again showcase their original websites, papers, documentaries, performances and exhibits at the National History Day-Orange County competition hosted by the Orange County Department of Education. Because of the pandemic, this year’s NHD contests at the county, state and national levels will all be held virtually to accommodate social distancing. Projects will be submitted online, and NHD-OC judging will take place between Feb. 23 and March 14. All participants and coaches will be invited to attend a virtual awards ceremony at 6 p.m on March 19.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/students-to-participate-virtually-in-national-history-day-orange-county-competition/ |
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COVID-19 update: Orange County rates show progress after peaking in January |
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Orange County’s COVID-19 rates have been trending in the right direction, and that’s good news. But there’s still a ways to go before we drop down to a less restrictive tier on California’s monitoring system. According to figures released this week, the adjusted daily case rate per 100,000 residents stands at 29.7, which is a significant drop from mid-January, when 78.8 new daily cases were recorded per 100,000. OC’s testing positivity rate is now 9.4 percent, and the health equity rate — that metric narrows it down to the hardest hit communities — is 12.4 percent. All fall within the range of the most restrictive purple tier.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/coronavirus-update/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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60 Huntington Beach teachers elect to take leave over mandated return to campus |
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Approximately 60 teachers have opted to take a leave of absence because of medical or child care reasons related to the pandemic now that the Huntington Beach Union High School District has asked all of its staff to return to teaching from campus. The district has temporarily replaced the teachers on leave with substitutes. The group on leave represents about 9% of the district’s roughly 690 teachers. Originally about 200 teachers had chosen to work remotely before being mandated by the district to return to classrooms for the start of the second semester on Feb. 2.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2021/02/10/60-huntington-beach-teachers-elect-to-take-leave-over-mandated-return-to-campus/ |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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Vaccine access a must before school campuses can reopen, teacher union says |
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The teachers union in Sacramento City Unified School District released its framework for reopening for in-person learning on Tuesday, and the plan prioritizes offering the COVID-19 vaccine to all of its 4,500 district employees.
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article249151060.html |
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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SUN
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EDSOURCE
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Why the University of California is seeing a massive surge in freshman applications |
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Freshman applications to the University of California surged this year, a trend that college access advocates hope will translate into higher enrollments of low-income, Black, Latino and other underrepresented students across the university’s nine undergraduate campuses. The university received 203,700 applications for freshman admission this cycle, about 32,000 more than a year ago. Experts attribute the increases partially to the elimination of the SAT and ACT as an admission requirement, saying more students likely felt optimistic about their chances of being accepted without having to submit a test score.
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https://edsource.org/2021/why-the-university-of-california-is-seeing-a-massive-surge-in-freshman-applications/648309 |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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Federal probes into lack of school services for special needs students reflect nearly a year of parental anguish, advocates say |
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Luis Martinez, an 11-year-old fifth grader with autism, rarely missed a day of school before the pandemic. Though non-verbal, he delighted in seeing his friends and teachers, and his mother, who quit her job five years ago to care for him, was thrilled for his small gains in communication. But that all changed during the shutdowns: Luis, a student in the Los Angeles Unified School District, has logged 14 absences since fall and no longer makes any attempt to interact with his peers online.
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http://laschoolreport.com/federal-probes-into-lack-of-school-services-for-special-needs-students-reflect-nearly-a-year-of-parental-anguish-advocates- |
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Now recruiting: Online army of volunteer tutors to fight ‘COVID slide’ |
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As families nationwide fret about “COVID learning loss” due to months of remote instruction and uncertain class schedules, key educators are advocating an unusual remedy: a national volunteer tutoring force, a sort of digital Peace Corps meets Homework Helpers. Three former U.S. education secretaries — Margaret Spellings, Arne Duncan, and John King — have endorsed the idea, and a proposal to fund it, alongside other COVID-related remedies, is kicking around Congress.
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http://laschoolreport.com/now-recruiting-online-army-of-volunteer-tutors-to-fight-covid-slide/ |
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