OCDE NEWSROOM
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OC teacher finds innovative practices, common purpose during tour of German schools |
It might not be business card-official, but we’ll go ahead and call Gina Whitcomb our international education correspondent. In 2017, Whitcomb, who teaches in the Anaheim Elementary School District, shared some highlights with us from a two-week trip to Senegal, where she and other educators learned about the West African nation’s school system and culture as part of a global learning initiative. This summer she cracked open her passport yet again to spend two weeks visiting with school officials and students in Germany through the Transatlantic Outreach Program.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/anaheim-teacher-finds-innovative-practices-common-purpose-during-tour-of-german-schools/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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5 student farmers choose sanctuary over slaughter for the animals they raised |
For three goats and two sheep raised by Fullerton students in a Future Farmers of America high school program, life is pretty sweet. Let’s start with just the fact that they are alive. The alternative — and the path for pretty much every other animal raised by most Future Farmers — was the slaughter house. Instead, the goats, Bruce, Pam, and Kevin, and sheep Shawn and Phry, and are living at a refuge called Farm Sanctuary, in Acton, near Palmdale.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2019/07/29/five-student-farmers-choose-sanctuary-over-slaughter-for-the-animals-they-raised/ |
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VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
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New County Office of Ed Policy Lays Out Student-Teacher Boundaries |
The San Diego County Office of Education adopted a new policy this week that governs boundaries between adults and students following a Voice of San Diego investigation that highlighted how many districts lack such policies despite numerous cases of abuse and child grooming by predatory educators across the county. The new policy will guide the County Office of Education’s staff, students, volunteers and community members in recognizing and maintaining appropriate boundaries with students and provide guidelines on what type of behavior should be reported to authorities.
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https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/new-county-office-of-ed-policy-lays-out-student-teacher-boundaries/ |
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EDSOURCE
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California finds solution to save distance learners’ financial aid |
Tens of thousands of online California students are no longer at risk of losing federal financial aid after the state moved quickly to create a new system for addressing complaints from students against out-of-state colleges and universities. At least 60,000 Californians were affected by a new federal rule, which the U.S. Department of Education began implementing July 22.
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https://edsource.org/2019/california-finds-solution-to-save-distance-learners-financial-aid/615662 |
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