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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Despite progress, California's teaching force far from reflecting diversity of students |
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California has a far more racially and ethnically diverse teaching force than it had 20 years ago — and a more diverse one than is the case nationally. About about 1 in 3 of the state’s 305,000 teachers are teachers of color, compared to 1 in 5 teachers across the nation. But during the same period, California’s public school student population has also become more diverse. As a result, the diversity gap between teachers and students has barely narrowed, and in some cases widened. |
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https://edsource.org/2018/despite-progress-californias-teaching-force-far-from-reflecting-diversity-of-students/596536 |
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Is six-peat a thing? Irvine Unified again ranks among the ‘Best Communities for Music Education’ |
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The NAMM Foundation has named the Irvine Unified School District among its Best Communities for Music Education for the sixth straight year. The awards program, now in its 19th year, annually recognizes districts and schools that have made a strong commitment to high-quality music education and prioritized student access. Irvine is one of 583 districts throughout the U.S. to earn the designation in 2018 — and it’s the only one in Orange County. |
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http://newsroom.ocde.us/namm-foundation-names-irvine-unified-among-the-best-communities-for-music-education/ |
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Final 4 teams to battle for Orange County High School Esports championship |
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After 12 weeks of intensive gaming, four teams remain in contention for the inaugural Orange County High School Esports League Championship that will be decided this Saturday. Teams from La Quinta High in Westminster, Fountain Valley High, Cypress High and Sunny Hills High in Fullerton have outlasted 34 other teams in the tournament that launched in January. |
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http://newsroom.ocde.us/final-4-teams-to-battle-for-orange-county-high-school-esports-championship/ |
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EDSOURCE
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Abuse, violence common among LGBT homeless youth, study finds |
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LGBT homeless youth are significantly more likely to face violence, sexual exploitation and early death than their straight peers, according to new research released Wednesday. The study, by Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, was based on a phone survey of 26,161 young people nationwide about their housing status and in-depth interviews with 215 homeless young people ages 13 to 25 who identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. It’s part of the Voices of Youth Count, an ongoing study of homeless young people in the United States. |
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https://edsource.org/2018/abuse-violence-common-among-lgbt-homeless-youth-study-finds/596734 |
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SI&A CABINET REPORT
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Faceoff over testing flexibility looms |
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The state board of education, the state schools chief and the California Teachers Association have come out against legislation with wide support among local educational agencies that would give districts more flexibility over statewide testing.
AB 1951 by Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell, D-Long Beach, requires the state Superintendent of Public Instruction to approve one or more nationally recognized high school assessments that districts can use for statewide testing purposes of 11th graders instead of the existing system.
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https://k-12daily.org/politics-education/faceoff-over-testing-flexibility-looms |
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Focus in CTE can boost grad rates for low-income students |
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Low-income students are likely to score higher on standardized tests and graduate at much higher rates when they attend schools that emphasize career education, according to new research. Authors of the study–which focused on 36 Massachusetts high schools over the course of 14 years–suggested that the 21 percentage point spike in graduation rates among low-income youth may be due to career technical education’s link to boosting engagement, as well as non-academic skills, such as grit and self-confidence. |
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https://k-12daily.org/curriculum-instruction/focus-in-cte-can-boost-grad-rates-for-low-income-students |
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KPCC
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Study: Colleges That Ditch The SAT And ACT Can Enhance Diversity |
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There are now well over 1,000 colleges and universities that don't require SAT or ACT scores in deciding whom to admit, a number that's growing every year. And a new study finds that scores on those tests are of little value in predicting students' performance in college, and raises the question: Should those tests be required at all? |
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https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/04/26/82570/study-colleges-that-ditch-the-sat-and-act-can-enha/ |
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English learners are becoming English-proficient at higher rates. How did LAUSD pull it off? |
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Students in the Los Angeles Unified School District who are still learning English are becoming proficient in their new language at record levels. In L.A. Unified, 20.7 percent of the students who began the school year as English learners will end the year having been designated as "fluent-English-proficient" — a record high "reclassification" rate, as the state's largest school district recently announced. |
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https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/04/25/82563/english-learners-are-becoming-english-proficient-a/ |
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NPR
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High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up For University |
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While a shortage of workers is pushing wages higher in the skilled trades, the financial return from a bachelor's degree is softening, even as the price — and the average debt into which it plunges students — keeps going up. But high school graduates have been so effectively encouraged to get a bachelor's that high-paid jobs requiring shorter and less expensive training are going unfilled. This affects those students and also poses a real threat to the economy. |
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https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/04/25/605092520/high-paying-trade-jobs-sit-empty-while-high-school-grads-line-up-for-university |
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