OCDE NEWSROOM
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Understanding ACEs: Stories of trauma and resilience |
Over the past few months, the OCDE Newsroom has cast a light on ACE’s – or Adverse Childhood Experiences. Through the process of exploring ACEs, we’ve discovered that while childhood trauma can have an influence on who we are and how we engage with the world around us, it is resiliency that truly defines who a person becomes. Thankfully, despite tragic situations, some people take their painful experiences and use their stories for the greater good of their communities — and that is where we’d like to focus our attention. Stay tuned as we highlight students, staff and members of our Orange County community who have used their ACEs to grow, learn and build resilience.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/understanding-aces-stories-of-trauma-and-resilience/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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Braille is everywhere, but most blind kids can’t read it. A competition hopes to change that |
The challenger sat alone at a square folding table in the center of her teacher’s immaculate living room, stockinged feet whispering against the plush, white carpet, hands poised over a blue Perkins Brailler — something like a manual typewriter crossed with a court reporter’s steno machine. To say the Brailler is loud is an understatement. The force required to emboss Braille paper produces a noise less like typing and more like repeatedly firing a BB gun.
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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-01/braille-challenge-spelling-bee-brain-sports |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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Segregation by income increasing in classrooms, new study finds, may reflect influence of wealthy parents |
It’s a foundational premise of the American dream: that through hard work and diligent study, young people can use education to access opportunities that were denied to their parents. However, mounting evidence suggests that segregation — not just by race, but also by income — within the school system may stymie those meritocratic aspirations.
Income-based school segregation has been steadily increasing over the last 30 years, studies show.
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http://laschoolreport.com/segregation-by-income-increasing-in-classrooms-new-study-finds-may-reflect-influence-of-wealthy-parents/ |
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