OCDE NEWSROOM
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Meet Orange County’s Classified School Employees of the Year for 2020 |
OCDE has announced Orange County’s top classified school employees for 2020.
Six county finalists were selected from a pool of 64 district-level winners based on their work performance, leadership, commitment and involvement with their schools and communities. In addition to being honored locally — including an appearance in a full-page ad in today’s Orange County Register — each is now eligible to compete for state honors.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/meet-orange-countys-classified-school-employees-of-the-year-for-2020/ |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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California schools to lose billions of dollars in Newsom’s budget. It could have been worse |
Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing a $5 billion cut in funding to California’s K-12 schools, a grim projection that could have been worse without a pot of money he wants to use from the economic stimulus package Congress allocated in March.
Newsom in his May budget revise wants to set aside $76 billion in K-14 funding, a dip from the $81 billion he allocated in the budget he signed last year.
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article242743796.html |
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SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
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Widespread distance learning means more student information is going online |
As California students are forced to learn at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, public schools are handing over more of kids’ learning to educational online programs and apps. They may be handing over student information too. Public schools are encouraging students to use a variety of apps and websites for learning — including videoconferencing apps like Zoom, learning platform websites like Google Classroom, activity websites like BrainPop, educational game websites like ABCya, and even websites that aren’t strictly educational, like YouTube.
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https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2020-05-16/widespread-distance-learning-means-more-student-information-is-going-online |
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USA TODAY
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Amid coronavirus, AP exams went online and had tech problems. College Board says it's investigating. |
The College Board, which oversees the college-level courses and exams that can grant students college credit, quickly pivoted in March to create shortened, online versions of the tests. They included safeguards for cheating. And, remarkably, it’s worked for a majority of students: The College Board said that out of 1.6 million tests taken since testing began Monday, more than 99% have been submitted without a hitch. But. That remaining 1% — 10,000 students or more — is a vocal bunch.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/05/15/coronavirus-ap-exam-2020-college-board-troubleshooting/5194639002/ |
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BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIAN
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High school yearbook staffs find new ways to celebrate spring semester, chronicle pandemic |
earbooks offer a window to the past to see cherished memories we made with classmates and realize how much time has passed since. One thing Clarisa Del Villar, a junior at Liberty High School, enjoys doing is going through her mother's old yearbooks to see how different life was before she was born.
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https://www.bakersfield.com/news/article_989d0bec-9627-11ea-b05c-7b9b16803762.html |
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NPR
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Temperature Checks, Isolation Rooms, Closed Playgrounds: Schools Could Look Much Different In A COVID-19 World |
Going back to campus could be a very different experience for California’s more than 6 million K-12 students once schools eventually reopen. Educators and health experts say it’s possible campuses will open this fall, but only after measures are in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Those could include temperature checks for students and staff upon arrival, adding isolation rooms for sick students, making playgrounds off-limits and even suspending sports and choir groups.
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https://www.capradio.org/151253 |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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Will Congress help California? Governor’s budget banks on it |
Gov. Gavin Newsom may call California a nation state, but he’s hanging his hopes for avoiding drastic state budget cuts squarely on the federal government. The money may not come easily in a divided Congress.
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https://apnews.com/1ffc952845d72fcf948b5226e28994d9 |
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