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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Did your child’s school receive a prestigious Blue Ribbon? |
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Ten Southern California schools were among 342 public and private institutions to receive the prestigious Blue Ribbon award from the United States Department of Education on Thursday, Sept. 29. Each year, schools nationwide are awarded the Blue Ribbon designation for either academic excellence or narrowing the achievement gap.
In California this year, 25 schools received a Blue Ribbon, including eight in Los Angeles County and one each in Orange and Riverside counties. They, along with the other winners, will be honored at a November ceremony in Washington, D.C.
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http://www.ocregister.com/2017/09/28/did-your-childs-school-received-a-prestigious-blue-ribbon/ |
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Linda Vista Elementary students bring Revolutionary history to life |
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History comes alive each year when Linda Vista Elementary School’s fifth-grade class presents “The Making of the Constitution” for fellow students and families. Librarian Linda McCausland, whose father, husband, son and father-in-law served in the armed forces, is the principle director, sharing her enthusiastic, patriotic spirit with the entire school. |
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http://www.ocregister.com/2017/09/27/linda-vista-elementary-students-bring-revolutionary-history-to-life/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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L.A. Unified students toss out $100,000 in food a day. A new state law could donate it to food banks |
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So much school food goes wasted, tossed in the trash, uneaten. Each day in the Los Angeles Unified School District, students throw out at least $100,000 worth.
That works out to about 600 tons of organic waste daily, according to a 2015 study.
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http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-edu-school-food-waste-law-20170928-story.html |
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PRESS-TELEGRAM LONG BEACH
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Dispute continues over Long Beach Unified’s spending plans |
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Long Beach Unified School District leaders’ decision to spend $24 million on textbooks and teacher pay didn’t line up with a state law intended to direct money to California’s neediest students, according to a recent finding. Public Advocates, a San Francisco-based firm, said this week that the Los Angeles County Office of Education issued a finding in favor of its clients, which include the Children’s Defense Fund-California, Latinos in Action and parents of Long Beach Unified students. |
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http://www.presstelegram.com/2017/09/28/dispute-continues-over-long-beach-unifieds-spending-plans/ |
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KPCC
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Teaching Vietnamese in OC classrooms brings challenges, rewards |
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Two flags hang in Van Vu’s classroom at Murdy Elementary School in Garden Grove: one red, white and blue, the other yellow with red stripes – the flag of the former South Vietnam that’s still widely flown by Vietnamese refugees in Orange County and elsewhere. Vu teaches transitional kindergarten in the school’s first Vietnamese dual language immersion program, which started this fall. Dual immersion, in which students spend half the day learning in English and half in another language, is becoming increasingly popular in California and across the U.S. |
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https://www.scpr.org/news/2017/09/29/76124/teaching-vietnamese-in-oc-classrooms-brings-challe/ |
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LGBT groups protest potential California textbooks |
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Gay rights groups told a California state commission Wednesday that they object to several of the textbooks that could be recommended for use in schools, saying the books don't include enough information about the contributions of LGBT Americans.
The state Department of Education is preparing to update textbook recommendations for the first time since California became the first state to require teaching about the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
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https://www.scpr.org/news/2017/09/28/76103/lgbt-groups-protest-potential-california-textbooks/ |
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LAGUNA BEACH INDEPENDENT
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Special Parent Receives SchoolPower’s Top Award |
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It would be hard to find a more deserving recipient than Brent Martini, says a SchoolPower announcement. Martini has given money and time to Laguna Beach schools and inspired others to do the same. As a former trustee for SchoolPower and a current member of its endowment board, Martini and his family have donated $300,000 to district schools, the announcement says. |
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http://www.lagunabeachindy.com/special-parent-receives-schoolpowers-top-award/ |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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OC school named among top campuses in the nation |
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One Orange County school has won a 2017 National Blue Ribbon, the top prize for schools in the country based on students’ academic performance. Jack L. Weaver Elementary in the Los Alamitos Unified School District was among 342 schools in the nation awarded a Blue Ribbon on Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education. The Los Alamitos campus was the only one in Orange County chosen for the prize, along with two dozen others selected from California. |
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http://newsroom.ocde.us/o-c-school-named-among-top-campuses-in-the-nation/ |
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NPR
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If Your Teacher Looks Likes You, You May Do Better In School |
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Think back to grade school for a moment and envision that one teacher who could captivate you more than any other. Did that teacher look a bit like you? One recent study says: probably. There's mounting evidence that when black students have black teachers, those students are more likely to graduate high school. That new study takes this idea even further, providing insight into the way students actually think and feel about the teachers who look like them and those who don't. |
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http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/09/29/552929074/if-your-teacher-looks-likes-you-you-may-do-better-in-school |
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