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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Anaheim Union denying hundreds of school transfer requests, sparking tears and appeals |
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Anaheim Union High School District, facing decreasing enrollment, is tightening its grip on students hoping to leave for other districts, denying more than 450 such requests this year, a trend that county education officials said might push other districts to impose tighter transfer rules. Anaheim Union changed its inter-district transfer policy in February, shrinking the period when students can apply for transfers from about six months to five weeks. That change has reduced the number of transfer requests, but it’s also led to a spike in the number of appeals being heard by the Orange County Board of Education. |
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http://www.ocregister.com/2017/06/26/anaheim-union-denying-hundreds-of-school-transfer-requests-sparking-tears-and-appeals/ |
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EDSOURCE
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Supreme Court rules on church playgrounds; are vouchers for religious schools next? |
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U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and other supporters of school choice are hailing a U.S. Supreme Court decision Monday as one more step toward tearing down states’ opposition to tuition vouchers for private and religious schools. Opponents in California and in other states whose constitutions ban using taxpayer money for religious schools, while disappointed with the ruling, are warning not to read too much into it. |
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https://edsource.org/2017/supreme-court-rules-on-church-playgrounds-are-vouchers-for-religious-schools-next/583820 |
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SI&A CABINET REPORT
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Panel trims the list of ed. bills moving forward |
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Bills seeking to make suspension policies more transparent, to streamline credentialing for military spouses and, to expand parental notification requirements for student English language proficiency have all likely failed to advance in action Monday before the Senate Education Committee. Each bill was sent to the Senate fiscal committee’s suspense file Monday with little to no discussion between committee members or public comment. And with the end of California’s legislative session quickly approaching, it is unlikely any of the bills will be picked up again. |
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https://www.cabinetreport.com/politics-education/panel-trims-the-list-of-ed.-bills-moving-forward |
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Classrooms: the next frontier in tackling opioid addiction |
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Maryland schools will begin regular lessons about the dangers of opioids as early as the third grade, under a set of bills set to go into effect on July 1. The legislation–which also requires that K-12 and college campuses stock up on the overdose-reversal drug naloxone–will be going into effect less than a month after the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced that the number of people who died from drug and alcohol related overdoses reached an all-time high in Maryland last year. |
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https://www.cabinetreport.com/curriculum-instruction/classrooms-the-next-frontier-in-tackling-opioid-addiction |
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Early learning needs attract bipartisan support |
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A new poll shows broad bipartisan support for increased funding of early learning programs including child care and preschool. The First Five Years Fund, an advocacy group based in the nation’s capital, reported that 79 percent of voters want Congress and the Trump administration to find common ground to improve services to children under the age of five. |
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https://www.cabinetreport.com/politics-education/early-learning-needs-attract-bipartisan-support |
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KPCC
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Schools let students take laptops home to stop the 'summer slide' |
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When principal Kelli Hoffman ran into her students at a McDonald's during summer break, she knew they weren't there for the McNuggets.
The two rising eighth-graders at French Middle School had invested in a Coke to unlock a bigger prize: free Wi-Fi. They sat logged into their school-provided Chromebooks studying exercise ideas from their sports coaches.
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http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/06/24/73206/schools-let-students-take-laptops-home-to-stop-the/ |
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