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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Santa Ana High teacher pleads guilty in rape, child porn case |
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A 47-year-old former Santa Ana High School science teacher pleaded guilty Wednesday, June 30, to statutory rape and possession of child pornography.
Alvar Albert Gonzalez of Santa Ana was scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 25.
Gonzalez met the victim when she was in one of his classes as a freshman, according to Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.
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http://www.ocregister.com/2017/06/28/santa-ana-high-teacher-pleads-guilty-in-rape-child-porn-case/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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Why is LAUSD spending more money this year even though revenues are down? |
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Even as LA Unified’s enrollment is projected to continue its downward slide next year, which means less money for the district, spending will increase compared to the previous year. The new budget for 2017-18, approved unenthusiastically last Tuesday by the LA Unified school board, includes a 6.7 percent increase in spending from the last school year. |
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http://laschoolreport.com/why-is-lausd-spending-more-money-this-year-even-though-revenues-are-down/ |
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DAILY NEWS LOS ANGELES
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After school programs see financial relief in Gov. Brown’s budget |
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It appears efforts by after-school program advocates have paid off, at least in part. The state budget Gov. Jerry Brown signed Tuesday includes an extra $50 million for these programs across the state. After-school organizations in Los Angeles have been sounding the alarm in past months, saying deficits were on the horizon as their operating costs rose and state funding remained static. These after-school and summer programs provide homework help, field trips, sports, social support and meals. They’re free to parents of low-income students, while others may pay fees. |
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http://www.dailynews.com/social-affairs/20170628/after-school-programs-see-financial-relief-in-gov-browns-budget |
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EDSOURCE
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Transitional kindergarten boosts school readiness in math, reading |
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California students who attended transitional kindergarten were more engaged in the learning process and better prepared for math and reading when they entered kindergarten than children who did not, according to a new study by the American Institutes for Research. The study, released Wednesday, compared the skill levels of kindergartners who had attended transitional kindergarten with those who had attended preschool or had not been in formal preschool the year prior. |
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https://edsource.org/2017/transitional-kindergarten-boosts-school-readiness-in-math-reading/583980 |
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National arts scores are in, and the western U.S. lags behind |
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Only a third of 8th-graders in the western U.S. took an art class last year and only 17 percent played in the school band, the lowest figures of any region in the country, according to a recently released national arts assessment. The assessment, given to a random sampling of 8th-graders once every eight years by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, looked at how many students were enrolled in visual art and music classes at their schools, how well the students understood basic art and music principles and other criteria intended to measure the quality of arts education in the U.S. |
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https://edsource.org/2017/national-arts-scores-are-in-and-the-western-u-s-lags-behind/583841 |
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SI&A CABINET REPORT
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Bills improving children’s health move out of committee |
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The California Department of Education may soon be home to an office that deals directly with the Department of Health Care Services to ensure all students receive the school-based healthcare services they need, under a bill moving through the Legislature. Additionally, a separate bill also approved by the Senate education committee Wednesday, would require schools to include lessons on the early warning signs of adolescent relationship abuse and intimate partner violence as part of the state’s comprehensive sexual health education curriculum for middle and high school students. |
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https://www.cabinetreport.com/politics-education/bills-improving-childrens-health-move-out-of-committee |
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Federal research grants include teacher home visits |
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About $1 million in federal grant money was awarded this month to researchers interested in studying teacher home visits, computer games as instruction vehicles, online learning failure rates and reading support for students with disabilities.
The grants, each worth upwards of $250,000, were provided by the Institute of Educational Sciences with the expectation that findings would be available within two years.
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https://www.cabinetreport.com/curriculum-instruction/federal-research-grants-include-teacher-home-visits |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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ACCESS students face ‘sharks’ in entrepreneurial pitch competition |
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Two students from the Orange County Department of Education’s alternative education program each won up to a $5,000 loan after pitching their business ideas in a youth entrepreneur competition modeled after the ABC show “Shark Tank.” Victor Valenzuela, a senior in Fountain Valley, and Josie Colbertson, a senior in Costa Mesa, both participated this spring in the 12-week Youth Entrepreneur Training Academy, a collaborative between OCDE’s Alternative, Community, and Correctional Education School and Services (ACCESS), and COR Community Development Corporation. |
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http://newsroom.ocde.us/access-students-face-sharks-in-entrepreneurial-pitch-competition/ |
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