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SACRAMENTO BEE
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Here’s where charter schools are growing fastest in California |
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California charter school enrollment has increased 150 percent in the past 10 years, according to new data from the California Department of Education. About 630,000 students attended charter schools in the state at the start of the 2017 school year. During the past five years, charter school enrollment grew by at least 30 percent in 26 California counties. Among urban counties, growth was fastest in Contra Costa, San Francisco and Los Angeles counties. |
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http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article208863954.html |
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EDSOURCE
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Advocates accuse Bay Area district of failing to release data on student performance |
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Lawyers on behalf of two parents and a student filed an administrative complaint on Monday asserting that West Contra Costa Unified officials are violating state law by failing to release student data needed to evaluate the district’s annual accountability plan. In the complaint, the families say the district has not yet reported 2016-17 data on students, despite repeated requests from Public Advocates, Inc., a non-profit advocacy law firm and members of the district’s Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, committee over the past year. |
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https://edsource.org/2018/advocates-accuse-bay-area-district-of-failing-to-release-data-on-student-performance/596563 |
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SI&A CABINET REPORT
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Flurry of bills take on teacher housing and STEM access |
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The fate of bills to fund teacher housing initiatives, universal preschool and educator preparation in science, technology, engineering and math will be up for discussion in the state’s lower house Wednesday. Among the other bills slated for debate at tomorrow’s Assembly Education Committee hearing, one would expand dual enrollment partnerships between community colleges and charter schools, and a separate bill would do the same for private schools. |
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https://k-12daily.org/politics-education/flurry-of-bills-take-on-teacher-housing-and-stem-access |
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LEAs get creative in the fight against opioid abuse |
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For generations, schools have served as a focal point for anti-drug campaigns and prevention education, but today with the opioid epidemic raging out of control, public health officials are looking in a new direction for help: the school bus driver. Public health officials from Snohomish County, located about 30 miles north of Seattle, called area bus drivers together earlier this month for a special Saturday training under the assumption that some of them know the kids on their routes as well as anyone. |
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https://k-12daily.org/human-resources/leas-get-creative-in-the-fight-against-opioid-abuse |
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KPCC
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The LAUSD superintendent search: What's the latest and why you should care |
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The Los Angeles Unified School Board is in the final stages of selecting a new superintendent, the administrator in charge of overseeing the nation's second-largest school district and the futures of more than 503,000 students. Do you pay taxes in Southern California? L.A. Unified is one of the biggest destinations for your tax dollars. L.A. Unified's $7.5 billion operating budget is bigger than the entire budget of some U.S. states and the K-12 budgets of perhaps two dozen more states. The school district is a massive local government agency and one of the region's biggest employers. |
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https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/04/23/82483/the-lausd-superintendent-search-what-s-the-latest/ |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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How to build a workforce resistant to automation and disruptive technologies? Experts discuss |
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Artificial intelligence. A new wave of automation. The rise of the gig economy.
These are some of the challenges facing today’s workers, employers and educators. And they were among the topics discussed Monday during a presentation on the “Future of Work” hosted by the Orange County Department of Education, OC Pathways and the Orange County Business Council. California Community Colleges Executive Vice Chancellor of Workforce and Digital Futures Van Ton-Quinlivan was the featured speaker at the morning session, which was held at Urban Workshop in Costa Mesa. It marked the latest in a series of 2018 Future of Work MeetUps taking place across the state.
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http://newsroom.ocde.us/how-to-build-a-workforce-resistant-to-automation-and-disruptive-technologies/ |
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Mijares: OC’s Distinguished Schools leverage technology, collaboration and engaging instruction |
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After an extended hiatus, the California Distinguished Schools program is back.
This award, considered the top honor for California’s public schools, was put on hold for three years as our state overhauled its accountability system to incorporate a broader set of metrics. Following its return in April, 43 campuses across Orange County are now celebrating their status as newly minted California Distinguished Schools.
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http://newsroom.ocde.us/mijares-ocs-california-distinguished-schools-leverage-technology-collaboration-and-engaging-instruction/ |
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