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OCDE NEWSROOM
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‘This is a dream come true,’ says Riley McCoy as she’s named Dana Hills homecoming queen |
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She stood under the football stadium lights, in the spotlight, in the light of flashing cameras, in the light of a thousand smiles and somehow she outshined all of that.
The girl who can’t go out in the sun owned the Friday night lights. Riley McCoy was named homecoming queen at Dana Hills High School, elected by students who showed their appreciation by chanting “RILEY, RILEY, RILEY” before and after she was crowned.
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http://www.ocregister.com/2017/09/15/riley-mccoy-who-has-to-avoid-the-sun-shines-as-shes-named-dana-hills-homecoming-queen/ |
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In some Inland classrooms, it’s goodbye desks, hello bean bags and yoga mats |
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A visit to Christine Richens’ classroom at Corona Ranch Elementary School feels like a trip to Starbucks. Neat rows of desks, plastic chairs and fluorescent lights have been replaced by couches, coffee tables, faux leather chairs, bar stools, rugs and lamps. Students put their belongings in lockers and storage compartments near the wallpaper that looks like wood paneling. “It’s warm and inviting,” Richens said. “It’s like you’re in your own living room.” |
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http://www.ocregister.com/2017/09/16/in-some-inland-classrooms-its-goodbye-desks-hello-bean-bags-and-yoga-mats/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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DAILY PILOT |
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Newport-Mesa nurse gets O.C. group’s School Nurse of the Year award |
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Newport-Mesa Unified School District nurse has been recognized by the Orange County School Nurses Organization with its School Nurse of the Year award.
Michelle Moricca — who works at Killybrooke Elementary School, TeWinkle Middle School and the district’s HOPE Clinic, all in Costa Mesa — has been with Newport-Mesa since 2005. She received her award Aug. 16 during a banquet at the Knott’s Berry Farm Hotel in Buena Park.
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http://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-michelle-moricca-20170915-story.html |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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Here’s why 1,000 people are expected at a Rocklin charter school board meeting |
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Administrators at a Rocklin charter school system are asking their school board to stand by policies that allowed a book about a transgender child to be read during a kindergarten story time.
They offer upset parents a concession: Teachers will try to inform parents if they know a controversial topic will be discussed in class.
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http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article173657281.html |
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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
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Private schools seek to dump A-to-F grading |
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“The problem with grades is that they are widely inconsistent from one classroom to another,” said Sal Khan, founder and CEO of Khan Academy. Grades, he said, reinforce a “fixed mindset”: “It tells students, you are a C student or you are an A student.” After a while of being labeled subpar, students check out. |
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http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/17/private-schools-seek-to-dump-a-to-f-grading/ |
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EDSOURCE
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Teachers who are DACA recipients help ease anxiety of undocumented students |
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Los Angeles middle school teacher Miriam Gonzalez is among many educators who have been helping undocumented students cope with anxieties about recent news reports that they or their families may be at greater risk of deportation. However, Gonzalez has special insight on those anxieties and strong connections with those students because she — like them — was brought to this country by undocumented parents. |
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https://edsource.org/2017/teachers-who-are-daca-recipients-help-ease-anxiety-of-undocumented-students/587183 |
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Legislation roundup: STEM school, later school start, 'meal shaming,' budget reserves; what passed and what didn't |
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In the final hours of the California legislative session, there was lots of drama without passage of bills to mandate a later start to middle and high schools and create a state STEM school in Los Angeles. There was success without drama for bills to end “meal shaming” of children without money for school lunches and to let districts keep more money in their budget reserves. Those were among the important education bills that lawmakers acted on — or put off till next year. What follows are a recap of other bills that EdSource followed. |
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https://edsource.org/2017/legislation-roundup-stem-school-later-school-start-meal-shaming-budget-reserves-what-passed-and-what-didnt/587577 |
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California defines 'effective' and 'ineffective' teachers, and why it matters |
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Intern teachers in programs like Teach for America who earn their preliminary credential while on the job will not have the scarlet letter of being labeled an “ineffective teacher” in California. In adopting the state plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act on Wednesday, the State Board of Education resolved a remaining contentious issue: the definition of an “ineffective teacher.” |
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https://edsource.org/2017/california-defines-effective-and-ineffective-teachers-and-why-it-matters/587521 |
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LAGUNA BEACH INDEPENDENT
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Immunization Rates Up, Enrollment Down |
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Immunization rates in Laguna Beach public schools have improved dramatically and stand at 93 percent of student enrolled in the current school year, a marked improvement from the 86.3 percent in 2016 and the 71.1 percent rate in 2013.
District spokeswoman Leisa Winston says that the district’s staff has “worked tirelessly to provide outreach to parents regarding immunizations and student safety, and families are responding positively.”
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http://www.lagunabeachindy.com/immunization-rates-enrollment/ |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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State Board of Ed backs plan for federal funds for English learners, low-income students |
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The State Board of Education has adopted a plan that will guide California’s spending of about $2.6 billion in federal funds to help English learners and low-income students.
The plan, approved Sept. 13, is part of the state’s effort to comply with the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA. Signed into law by President Obama in 2015, ESSA replaced the No Child Left Behind Act as the primary federal school accountability tool, and it serves as the basis for most federal school funding.
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http://newsroom.ocde.us/state-board-of-ed-backs-plan-for-federal-funds-for-english-learners-low-income-student/ |
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