OCDE Education in the News

Monday, July 22, 2019

ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

After-school programs still waiting on cannabis tax money

When Prop. 64 was approved by voters, officials projected more than $1 billion a year would come to the state in new cannabis-related revenue, and at least some of that would be directed for after-school programs for lower-income families. Now, 19 months later, the numbers are very different.

https://www.ocregister.com/2019/07/22/after-school-programs-still-waiting-on-cannabis-tax-money/

Kids Count shows housing burden, poverty pose risks for children in America

A new Kid County study released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation examining the state of youth nationwide shows that while overall child well-being has improved in 30 years, poverty and high housing costs threaten their stability. When the foundation’s first Kids Count data study was conducted in 1990, there were 64 million children in America, and today that figure has grown to almost 74 million.

https://www.ocregister.com/2019/07/22/kids-count-shows-housing-burden-poverty-pose-risks-for-children-in-america/

LOS ANGELES TIMES

DAILY PILOT

Huntington Beach High student cheers on military families with cheerleading camp

Alexandra “Alex” Hill was 5 when she started going to Huntington Beach High School’s Lil’ Oilers summer cheer camp. With orange ribbons in her hair and orange and black pompoms in hand, she would go home from the camp and excitedly practice all the cheers for hours. It was great being with the big cheerleaders, she said. But the best part was getting a chance to cheer alongside them during a varsity football game.

https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2019-07-19/hbhs-cheer-camp-military-families

DAILY NEWS LOS ANGELES

This Telfair Elementary school teacher is a ‘positive rock’ for students at an LAUSD Pacoima campus facing homelessness and immigration fears

Teacher Rita Ontiveros offers a glimpse at what it's like teaching at a school where students deal with homelessness and fears of family deportation every day.

https://www.dailynews.com/2019/07/19/this-telfair-elementary-school-teacher-is-a-positive-rock-for-students-at-an-lausd-pacoima-campus-facing-homeless

SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE

Should all teachers be credentialed? Charter school advocates say no

More than 1,100 educators in California charter schools lack a teaching credential, the California Department of Education says. A lawmaker wants to change that.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2019-07-21/should-all-teachers-have-a-some-charter-school-advocates-say-no

San Diego suing state over costs of tests for toxic lead in schools

San Diego is suing the state for refusing to cover the costs of lead tests at hundreds of local schools. The city says it’s an unfunded state mandate that could set a troubling precedent for city taxpayers.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/san-diego/story/2019-07-19/san-diego-suing-state-over-costs-of-tests-for-toxic-lead-in-schools

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

California’s online community college plans to open in fall to limited group

doesn’t mean the public will be able to enroll — at least not this year. College officials had announced that fall registration would begin this summer for the state’s 115th community college, the first fully online public school in the state. But instead of letting all California residents enroll as planned, officials say the first class will be hand-picked with help from the Service Employees International Union labor group, most likely from its own ranks.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/California-s-online-community-college-plans-to-14109597.php?t=d0c7c855b3

USA TODAY

Oregon students will be able to take 'mental health days' off, thanks to teen activists

Oregon will allow students to take “mental health days” just as they would sick days, expanding the reasons for excused school absences to include mental or behavioral health under a new law that experts say is one of the first of its kind in the U.S. The students behind the measure say it’s meant to change the stigma around mental health in a state that has some of the United States’ highest suicide rates.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2019/07/21/oregon-approves-mental-health-days-students/1792221001/

MODESTO BEE

It’s hard for homeless kids to prepare for school. Kindness as important as supplies.

Homelessness can be a severe detriment in a child’s education. The kids don’t have supplies or clothes like their peers. They also don’t have regular access to running water or electricity. So, they may arrive at school unkempt and unprepared for class, making them easy prey for bullying.

https://www.modbee.com/living/health-fitness/article232521947.html

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