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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Struggling California school districts still lack basic tools for student success |
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Researchers studying California’s new school funding system wish they could track the huge sums of money the state has sent to struggling students, and analyze what districts spent it on. They can’t because the financial data needed to do so isn’t available. Given that limitation, they’ve tried to figure out whether the 4-year-old Local Control Funding Formula helped expand needy students’ access to key courses and services known to boost their academic achievement. And two new studies conclude that for many struggling districts, the answer is no — at least not yet. |
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http://www.ocregister.com/2017/06/19/struggling-california-school-districts-still-lack-basic-tools-for-student-success-2/ |
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Is California’s big investment in needy students paying off? Few signs yet that achievement gap is closing |
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California’s new system for funding public education has pumped tens of billions of extra dollars into struggling schools, but there’s little evidence yet that the investment is helping the most disadvantaged students. A CALmatters analysis of the biggest districts with the greatest clusters of needy children found limited success with the policy’s goal: to close the achievement gap between these students and their more-privileged peers. Instead, test scores in most of those districts show the gap is growing. |
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http://www.ocregister.com/2017/06/19/is-californias-big-investment-in-needy-students-paying-off-few-signs-yet-that-achievement-gap-is-closing-4/ |
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SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
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School districts offer free meals for all students through summer |
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The San Diego Unified School District is throwing a barbecue with special guests, a community resource fair, soccer coaches and circus performers Wednesday to promote a free meals program that will run throughout summer. Unlike the free and reduced-price program offered to qualified students throughout the school year, the summer program is open to all students, and parents can even join in at more than two dozen barbecues at various locations during the next nine weeks. |
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http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/sd-me-summer-meals-20170619-story.html |
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PRESS-ENTERPRISE
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Financial aid form now a graduation requirement at Val Verde |
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Starting next year, students at Val Verde Unified School District will be required to fill out a federal financial aid form to graduate from high school. The Perris-based district’s board of education approved the new graduation requirement earlier this month as part of a campaign to get students and their parents more aware of financial aid opportunities. Louisiana passed a similar policy statewide two years ago. Val Verde Superintendent Michael McCormick said he believes his district is the first to do so in California. |
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http://www.pe.com/2017/06/19/financial-aid-form-now-a-graduation-requirement-at-val-verde/ |
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EDSOURCE
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New LA school board member says his election was not about 'the proliferation of charters' |
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The May runoff election for two seats on the Los Angeles Unified District school board has resulted in a new majority backed by charter school advocates. In addition to incumbent Monica Garcia, who won re-election in March, the two new board members who won in the May runoff are 28-year-old Kelly Gonez and 31-year-old Nick Melvoin. Both will join the board in July. As a public service, EdSource is publishing an edited transcript of interviews we conducted with both of them about their priorities. |
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https://edsource.org/2017/new-la-school-board-member-says-his-election-was-not-about-the-proliferation-of-charters/583210 |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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Garden Grove Unified makes plans to develop the state’s second Vietnamese dual-language program |
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The Garden Grove Unified School District is developing a new Vietnamese dual-language program that would be just the second of its kind in the Orange County — and indeed all of California. Though a start date has yet to be set, Garden Grove officials say they’re in the process of hiring a K-6 Vietnamese dual-language development preparation TOSA — that’s short for teacher on special assignment — as well as a K-6 Vietnamese language teacher to pilot the materials that are developed. |
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http://newsroom.ocde.us/garden-grove-unified-makes-plans-to-develop-the-states-second-vietnamese-dual-language-program/ |
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