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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
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San Jose students receive free mobile tech to help with homework |
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Over 70 percent of homework is done online nowadays, but almost 5 million families with school-aged kids in the United States do not have internet access at home. “I see other students come to the high school late at night or on the weekends to try to get internet access to do their homework,” said Mt. Pleasant High School senior Clarissa Marrufo.
Sprint’s 1Million Project is trying to change that.
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http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/21/students-receive-free-mobile-tech-to-help-with-homework/ |
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SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE
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Schools struggle to keep cool with summertime starts to new year |
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Air conditioning long has been a priority in the Monrovia Unified School District — especially as many of the units are reaching the end of their 25-year life. Superintendent Katherine Thorossian said the district is in the midst of applying for grants to replace them. In Orange County’s Garden Grove Unified, some schools are lagging behind the likes of Monrovia. Noisy fans, shade trees and cooling centers are the only reprieves for classes during unforgiving summer months. |
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http://www.sgvtribune.com/general-news/20170821/schools-struggle-to-keep-cool-with-summertime-starts-to-new-year |
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SI&A CABINET REPORT
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Teacher tenure bill brings out old rivals |
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In what might be the first salvo in the race for state school superintendent, legislation that would extend the period new teachers have to achieve tenure has been challenged by an activist education group as “protections for the lowest performing teachers.”
AB 1164 by Assemblyman Tony Thurmond, D-Richmond, and a candidate for state schools chief, would increase the probationary period from two years to three with some conditions.
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https://www.cabinetreport.com/politics-education/teacher-tenure-bill-brings-out-old-rivals |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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#kindness1billion: As a new school year begins, a message of thanks for OC teachers |
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Thousands more Orange County students will report back to school this week, as districts including Capistrano, Irvine, Orange, Tustin and La Habra City all reopen for business. So we thought this would be a good time to pass along a few thank-yous to those teachers who are painstakingly setting up their classrooms and preparing for another 10-month educational odyssey. |
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http://newsroom.ocde.us/kindness1billion-as-a-new-school-year-begins-a-message-of-thanks-for-oc-teachers/ |
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NPR
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Paul Miller Loved Teaching Math So Much That He Did It For Nearly 80 Years |
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Most teachers these days last no more than five to 10 years in the classroom, but Paul Miller taught math for nearly 80. At one point, he was considered the "oldest active accredited teacher" in the U.S. His career started in his hometown of Baltimore. It was 1934, the Dust Bowl was wreaking havoc in the Plains, Bonnie and Clyde were gunned down by police in Louisiana, and a thuggish politician named Adolf Hitler became president of Germany. |
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http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/08/19/541163173/paul-miller-loved-teaching-math-so-much-that-he-did-it-for-nearly-80-years |
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