VOICE OF OC
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Did Orange Unified School Officials Improperly Replace Their Superintendent? |
As public schools become battlegrounds over social curriculums and vaccines, parents in the Orange Unified School District are asking how four of their elected school board members agreed to oust two top district bosses without any prior discussion with their other colleagues. In just 24 hours. It’s leading questions about whether or not the move violated transparency laws. It came just weeks after school board members elsewhere, overseeing the massive Capistrano Unified School District, similarly and abruptly ousted their superintendent around Christmas. |
https://voiceofoc.org/2023/01/did-orange-unified-school-officials-improperly-replace-their-superintendent/ |
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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SUN
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NPR
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The economics lessons in kids' books |
Economics lessons are all around us–at the grocery store, in the library, in the way you give gifts. And they're even in... picture books! To understand how children's literature like the Frog and Toad books and Where the Sidewalk Ends can foster future economists, host Erika Beras joined a third grade class as a guest reader. |
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/05/1147069942/kids-books-economics-lessons |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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Foundations Pledge $1 Million in Grants for Early Childhood Nonprofits |
The San Diego Foundation and the Dr. Seuss Foundation have $1 million in nonprofit grant funding available to promote early childhood education and development, it was announced Monday. The organizations have pledged to commit the funds for the 2023 Early Childhood Initiative Equitable Opportunities Grant — following up on a similarly-sized 2022 grant intended to expand a focus on early literacy split among 21 nonprofits. |
https://timesofsandiego.com/education/2023/01/09/foundations-pledge-1-million-in-grants-for-early-childhood-nonprofits/ |
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South LA school teaches students to cultivate green thumbs |
Getting children to eat vegetables is a challenge as old as time. Research has shown that one strategy to entice kids to eat more greens is by cultivating their green thumbs with a school garden. Islah Academy is a small community school in South LA that’s taking their young learners out of the classroom and putting their hands into the soil. The students at Islah Academy will have lessons on making jam and beekeeping this winter. There are also plans to have students plant fruit trees on the campus in the spring. |
https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/orange-county/la-times-today/2023/01/06/south-la-school-teaches-students-to-cultivate-green-thumbs |
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