OCDE Education in the News

Thursday, August 10, 2017

OCDE NEWSROOM

9 high school exchange students from around the world return to Orange County 45 years later

They came together during the 1971-72 school year, as part of an exchange program hosted by the American Field Service, an international nonprofit fostering better relationships among nations. The teenagers attended high schools throughout central Orange County. This week, 45 years after that school year ended and they returned to their native countries, nine of the original 17 reunited in Orange County.

http://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/09/9-high-school-exchange-students-from-around-the-world-return-to-orange-county-45-years-later/

LOS ANGELES TIMES

DAILY PILOT

Early College High School celebrates completion of $6.8-million modernization

After nearly two years of renovations, a modernization effort for Early College High School is complete. In a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday morning on the first day of the new school year at the Costa Mesa campus, parents, students and officials of the Newport-Mesa Unified School District celebrated the estimated $6.8-million project that included installing new cooling and heating units, electrical systems, offices, ceilings, carpets, furniture and fencing.

http://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-early-college-20170809-story.html

USA TODAY

Schools ditching homework for younger students in favor of reading, family time

Schools nationwide revisit longstanding policies on homework, especially for young children. What was once a bedrock principle of the school year is now under the microscope as research shows few benefits, and as families complain about evenings spent stressing over problem sets.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/08/09/schools-ditching-homework-younger-students-favor-reading-family-time/553305001/

12 ways to help kids cope with school anxiety

Experts share 12 ways parents can help alleviate their child's school worries:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/08/10/12-ways-help-kids-cope-school-anxiety/554908001/

SI&A CABINET REPORT

New law strengthens safety training for high school cheer

Beginning this year, schools with competitive cheer teams must ensure coaches meet all the same safety training requirements as those who coach any other interscholastic sport in California. The mandate is the result of a 2015 bill that required the California Interscholastic Federation and the California Department of Education to develop guidelines, procedures and safety standards for high school cheerleading–thereby making competitive cheerleading an official high school sport.

https://www.cabinetreport.com/human-resources/new-law-strengthens-safety-training-for-high-school-cheer

KPCC

Higher than expected turnout for LA College Promise

Community college officials overseeing the Los Angeles College Promise initiative are reporting that enrollment for the new program – which waives a year of community college tuition for L.A. Unified graduates – is much higher than expected at several of L.A.’s nine community college campuses.

https://www.scpr.org/news/2017/08/09/74510/higher-than-expected-turnout-for-la-college-promis/

SACRAMENTO BEE

Set those alarms, Orange County schools opening for new year

It’s still early August, but thousands of students across Orange County are already back inside classrooms. Anaheim Union High School District, Centralia School District, Cypress School District and Savanna School District were the first in the county to start their school year when classes began this week. The 24 other school districts in the county will begin classes now through Sept. 7.

http://newsroom.ocde.us/set-those-alarms-orange-county-schools-opening-for-new-year/

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