OCDE NEWSROOM
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Esports guide for parents: here are 5 answers to common questions |
The 2019-20 North American Scholastic Esports Federation is beginning across many Orange County high schools and a few middle schools. The league, now in its third season, brings together thousands of students by incorporating gaming into the classroom to not only helps engage more young people, but also to promote a school’s mission of preparing more students for college and careers.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/esports-guide-for-parents-here-are-5-answers-to-common-questions/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Yorba Linda High marks 10th year with check-in on campus satisfaction |
Yorba Linda High School begins a second decade of serving the community this year with high marks from students, parents and staff for offering strong programs in a safe campus environment. That’s the gist of evaluations gleaned from a survey of stakeholders released in the closing days of the school’s 10th anniversary year. The survey is significant because of a high response rate from students (62%) and staff (72%), though returns from parents (21%) lagged.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2019/09/06/yorba-linda-high-marks-10th-year-with-check-in-on-campus-satisfaction/ |
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CONTRA COSTA TIMES
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New California law bars suspensions for talking back to teachers, falling asleep in class |
California’s elementary and middle school students won’t be suspended for things like falling asleep in class or talking back to the teacher under a bill signed by the state’s governor. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday he had signed a law banning public and charter school officials from suspending students for “willful defiance,” a broad category that includes disrupting class or willfully defying teachers.
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https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2019/09/10/california-law-bars-suspensions-for-talking-back-to-teachers/ |
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CAPITOL WEEKLY
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California schools adopting propane-powered buses |
In the last decade, numerous California school districts have adopted propane-based school buses in an attempt to eliminate costs and toxic emissions. Since 2013, the Elk Grove Unified School District near Sacramento has added 16 propane buses to its fleet and expects up to 12 more in the next month. Propane auto gas, as it’s called, is “a proven way to dramatically decrease oxides of nitrogen emissions in communities,” noted a recent study by West University’s Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions. The report shed light on the positive effects of propane-powered school buses replacing old, diesel-powered buses.
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https://capitolweekly.net/california-schools-adopting-propane-powered-buses/ |
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EDSOURCE
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California’s charter schools face uncertain future under a new state law |
Legislation that could determine the future of charter schools in California introduces questions that school districts have been barred from asking for three decades. How should a district measure a charter school’s fiscal impact? Or weigh its effect on a district’s academic programs? What does it mean that a new charter school should be “consistent with the interests of the community”?
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https://edsource.org/2019/californias-charter-schools-face-uncertain-future-under-a-new-state-law/617320 |
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California to extend ban on pushing students out of school for disruptive behavior |
Beginning next July, teachers in California will no longer be allowed to suspend elementary and middle school students from school for disrupting classroom activities or defying school authorities, as the result of a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday. Current law already bans out-of-school suspensions in grades K-3 as a result of a 2013 law signed by former Gov. Jerry Brown.
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https://edsource.org/2019/california-to-ban-pushing-students-out-of-school-for-disruptive-behavior/617326 |
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