OCDE Education in the News

Thursday, June 21, 2018

ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Daxon: Brea Education Foundation arranges science assemblies, other benefits for students

Do you know about the good work done by the Brea Education Foundation? I didn’t, but Foundation board member Joseph Covey clued me in when he invited me to attend one of the Discovery Cube’s Science to Go assemblies, all wholly funded by the Foundation at the school districts’ elementary schools and the junior high school.

https://www.ocregister.com/2018/06/20/daxon-brea-education-foundation-arranges-science-assemblies-other-benefits-for-students/

EDSOURCE

California budget deal includes extra funding for students with lowest test scores

In one of the largest new appropriations in the state budget, school districts will receive $300 million in 2018-19 to help improve the performance of students with the lowest standardized test scores. That will equal about $2,000 apiece for the estimated 146,000 students designated for the funding.

https://edsource.org/2018/state-budget-deal-includes-extra-funding-for-students-with-lowest-test-scores/599405

Getting free college tuition in California: a quick guide

More than 1.3 million low- and middle-income students attend California’s public colleges and universities each year without having to pay tuition, thanks to financial aid programs in each of the state’s higher education systems that cover those bills.

https://edsource.org/2018/getting-free-college-tuition-in-california-a-quick-guide/599039

SI&A CABINET REPORT

STEM teacher shortage bill advances

(Calif.) Teaching candidates willing to commit to teaching science or math curriculum for four years would receive a state grant of $10,000 under a bill approved Wednesday by a key legislative committee.

https://k-12daily.org/politics-education/stem-teacher-shortage-bill-advances

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