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OCDE NEWSROOM
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OC Bee champ’s passion for spelling developed early on |
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In the first grade, Nicholas D’Sa told his teacher that one of his goals in life was to become a good speller. He’s not sure exactly why that was the first thought when other students in his class offered replies such as excelling at sports, flying airplanes, being firefighters, or any of the more traditional answers 6-year-olds tend to give.
But Nicholas knew learning to spell words would be one of his childhood passions. Years later, that enthusiasm brought him to the cusp of of winning the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, making it to the final rounds in an event broadcast on ESPN to millions of viewers each year.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/oc-bee-champs-passion-for-spelling-developed-early-on/ |
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OCDE conference to focus on enhancing interpretation and translation services |
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Educators, parents and community members will learn how to further enhance interpretation and translation services in schools with the help of nationally and internationally recognized experts at OCDE’s Interpreters and Translators Conference in September. Hosted by the department’s Educational Services division, the two-day event is designed to support the work of bilingual staff, administrators, interpreters, translators, parent advocates and others seeking to ensure equal access for culturally and linguistically diverse students.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/ocde-conference-to-focus-on-enhancing-interpretation-and-translation-services/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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A tug-of-war over empty classrooms between a charter school and its host campus |
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Nowhere are the challenges and tensions of forced collaborations between charter schools and districts more acute than in L.A. Unified, which has more charters — 225 — than any other school system. The eighth-grade English class at Magnolia Science Academy 3 met last semester in an unusual setting: a carved-out rectangle in the school’s office, formed by portable dividers. Cramped quarters have forced such coping strategies at the charter school, which would like to rent more space at the roomy campus it shares with Curtiss Middle School in Carson. But so far, a solution to its problem has proved out of reach.
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https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-edu-sharing-campuses-with-charters-20190709-story.html |
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INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN
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Yucaipa-Calimesa school district issues statement after bullying lawsuits |
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Two weeks after a lawyer accused the Yucaipa Calimesa Joint Unified School District of endangering students’ lives by not taking bullying seriously, the district on Monday, July 8, ended its silence on the matter. In a statement released by the district’s attorney, school officials outlined general best practices for parents. The statement does not use the word “bullying,” nor does it respond directly to claims made in the June 25 lawsuit filed by Pasadena lawyer Brian Claypool.” The statement notes that “parental involvement and engagement in their children’s lives” is the “only way” to support the district’s efforts to “support student development.”
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https://www.dailybulletin.com/2019/07/08/yuicapa-calimesa-school-district-issues-statement-after-bullying-lawsuits/ |
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EDSOURCE
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Governor's team jumps into fray over contested charter school bill |
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After weeks of negotiation, Gov. Gavin Newsom has stepped in to scale back proposed legislation that charter school advocates feared would radically slow charter growth.
Newsom’s office submitted amendments to Assembly Bill 1505 after numerous discussions between his advisers and representatives of charters schools, organized labor and the bill’s author, Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell, D-Long Beach, according to sources familiar with the discussions.
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https://edsource.org/2019/governors-team-jumps-into-fray-over-contested-charter-school-bill/615053 |
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UC to distribute new summer aid now but CSU will wait a year |
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Hoping to coax students to graduate faster, the recently approved state budget infuses California’s two public university systems with a total of $10 million in financial aid for summer school classes. The money will help students afford classes in the summer that they were crowded out of or too busy to take in the regular school year.
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https://edsource.org/2019/uc-to-distribute-new-summer-aid-now-but-csu-will-wait-a-year/614889 |
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