OCDE Education in the News

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO

Six Schools Flagged for Dangerous Lead Were Promised New Plumbing; New Bond Promises it Again

Safe drinking water has become a centerpiece of San Diego Unified’s pitch for a new $3.5 billion school bond on the November ballot. A majority of the 11 schools flagged in 2017 and 2018 for dangerous lead levels were explicitly promised new or improved plumbing twice in the last decade under previous bonds, but haven’t yet received it.

https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/six-schools-flagged-for-dangerous-lead-were-promised-new-plumbing-new-bond-promises-it-again/

EDSOURCE

Charter school network spreads 'personalized learning' model nationwide

Founded more than a decade ago, Summit Prep became nationally known for its success in getting all its students through Advanced Placement classes and into college. But school leaders found that many of its graduates struggled in college without the mentoring and support they’d received at the small charter school in Redwood City, south of San Francisco.

https://edsource.org/2018/charter-school-network-spreads-personalized-learning-model-nationwide/600198

L.A. school board member resigns after pleading guilty to campaign money laundering

Former Los Angeles school board president Refugio “Ref” Rodriguez resigned from his seat Monday after pleading guilty to violating campaign finance laws. His departure ended at least temporarily a narrow majority backed by charter advocates on the panel governing the nation’s second-largest school district and set off political speculation about his replacement.

https://edsource.org/2018/l-a-school-board-member-resigns-after-pleading-guilty-to-campaign-money-laundering/600551

Summer college enrollment up as Pell Grant money flows, helping students to graduate faster

Federal financial aid changes are producing significant enrollment increases in summer classes at many California colleges and raising hopes that students will be graduating faster as a result.

https://edsource.org/2018/summer-college-enrollment-up-as-pell-grant-money-flows-helping-students-to-graduate-faster/600357

KPCC

Trying To Get Your First Job? There's A Class For That

Look people in the eye. Smile. Shake hands. Sit up tall. Speak clearly and confidently. That's the last-minute advice professor Paul Calhoun gives a handful of college students before they head off for a series of job interviews. The Skidmore College juniors and seniors he's talking to are dressed in suits and button-downs, dresses and heels. They stand out in a college library swimming with other finals-takers, most in sweatpants or leggings and T-shirts.

https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/07/23/84927/trying-to-get-your-first-job-there-s-a-class-for-t/

The 'Over-Parenting Crisis' In School And At Home

Have you ever paid your kid for good grades? Have you driven to school to drop off an assignment that they forgot? Have you done a college student's laundry? What about coming along to Junior's first job interview?

https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/07/24/84940/the-over-parenting-crisis-in-school-and-at-home/

LAGUNA BEACH INDEPENDENT

Divisive Issues Dominate School Agenda

Controversy over starting school earlier in 2019 increased the usually light mid-summer attendance at this week’s school board meeting, which was packed with passionate parents. Assistant Superintendent Leisa Winston presented a revised version of the proposed 2019-2020 instructional calendar, under public consideration for the third time since April. Slides showed a projected start date of Aug. 26 in 2019 with the first day of school shifting earlier in successive years to Aug. 22 by 2022.

https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/divisive-issues-dominate-school-agenda/

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