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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Coalition of OC districts and partners joins forces to boost career education |
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An OCDE-led coalition of Orange County school districts, community colleges and ROPs has secured a sweeping round of new funding to strengthen career technical education programs, enhance career pathways and expand work-based learning opportunities for students. Working through OCDE’s OC Pathways initiative, the local agencies were collectively awarded seven state allocations totaling more than $11.3 million through the K12 Strong Workforce Program in a competitive process facilitated by the California Community College Chancellor’s Office.
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http://newsroom.ocde.us/coalition-of-oc-districts-and-partners-join-forces-to-strengthen-career-education/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Fullerton students wanted more vegetarian lunch options so they started cooking up a new menu |
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When Fullerton School District Superintendent Robert Pletka led a focus group asking third graders what improvements would enhance their educational experience, the answer was unanimous. “The students have requested more vegetarian items on their lunch menu,” said Nancy Wikes, nutrition consultant for the district. And it’s the students who are devising the options. A cooking competition was held at Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts on Tuesday, May 21.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2019/05/21/fullerton-students-wanted-more-vegetarian-lunch-options-so-they-started-cooking-up-a-new-menu/ |
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San Clemente High’s beach concert offers a musical prelude to summer |
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In an event that traditionally marks the start of summer in this beach community, the San Clemente High School Jazz Band on Friday evening performed its annual Jazz on the Beach concert. More than two-dozen students participated, including 17 from the Jazz Band and nine from the school’s Music for the Mind Club, which kicked off the sunset performance.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2019/05/20/san-clemente-highs-beach-concert-offers-a-musical-prelude-to-summer/ |
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Just 14 years after its construction, the troubled Orange Education Center will be demolished |
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Just 14 years after its $27 million construction, a Santiago Canyon College building in central Orange may be demolished this fall.
The Rancho Santiago Community College District is ready to hire a demolition company now that school board members recently approved tearing the building down. They have yet to decide what, if anything, would replace the troubled Orange Education Center at 1465 N. Batavia St.
The building – which was once home to a daycare and continuing education programs – has been closed off for seven years.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2019/05/22/just-14-years-after-its-construction-the-troubled-orange-education-center-will-be-demolished/ |
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EDSOURCE
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Cal State application fees expected to rise to $70 per campus amid access concerns |
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The cost of applying to each of the California State University’s 23 campuses would jump up next fall from the current $55 to $70 under an administration proposal that has raised concerns about possibly hurting student access. The hike, the first such increase in 30 years, was presented to the CSU Board of Trustees Tuesday as a way to help finance improvements to the online technology that handles the massive amount of applications.
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https://edsource.org/2019/cal-state-application-fees-expected-to-rise-to-70-per-campus-amid-access-concerns/612775 |
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SI&A CABINET REPORT
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New data tool for ending teacher misassignments |
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A group of volunteer school districts is expected to begin this summer piloting a new data collection system aimed at reducing the number of teachers assigned classroom duties outside their credentialed authority. Fifteen years after the state of California settled the landmark Williams lawsuit, where the courts upheld the constitutional right of all public school students to have access to a properly trained teacher—among other things—teaching misassignments remain a major problem in many low-performing schools.
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https://k-12daily.org/human-resources/new-data-tool-for-ending-teacher-misassignments |
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States spending generous on early education |
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Thirty-two governors and the mayor of Washington, D.C., have proposed more than $2.9 billion in new funding for child care, preschool and home visiting programs, according to a new report. Researchers at the Center for American Progress said the findings show there is significant support for improving and expanding early learning programs, which can in turn benefit children and their families in the long run.
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https://k-12daily.org/budget-finance/states-spending-generous-on-early-education |
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