OCDE Education in the News

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

OCDE NEWSROOM

#kindness1billion: Here’s a photo collection of schools creating holiday cheer for families in need

In the spirit of holiday giving, many schools in Orange County held donation drives for food and toys to help students in need feel included during the break in December.

https://newsroom.ocde.us/kindness1billion-heres-a-photo-collection-of-schools-creating-holiday-cheer-for-families-in-need/

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Newsom budget includes naloxone for middle and high schools while largely avoiding cuts

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday pledged to provide naloxone — the overdose reversal drug — to every middle and high school, a low-cost but pressing need in a proposed education spending plan that would sustain school budgets but largely end a massive recent expansion of K-12 and college funding.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-11/california-budget-includes-naloxone-for-middle-and-high-schools-while-largely-sparing-cuts

USA TODAY

Congress made free school meals for all disappear. Now students are going hungry

As schools around the country reopen following winter break, their students are being reminded of the lunch debt they've racked up this school year – an ugly reality that follows the end of federal assistance that paid for school meals for more than 50 million American students during the pandemic.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2023/01/11/school-lunch-debt-returns/11001874002/

EDSOURCE

California schools, community colleges to face slight drop in funding, first in a decade

Funding for schools and community colleges will fall next year for the first time in a decade, under the first pass at the 2023-24 state budget, which Gov. Gavin Newsom released Tuesday. Both the University of California and the California State University would receive 5% base increases.

https://edsource.org/2023/california-schools-community-colleges-face-first-drop-in-funding-in-a-decade/683923

DAILY BREEZE

El Camino College students pursue NASA-funded 3D printing startup

The five El Camino College students behind 3D printing startup ‘Techtonic 3D’ wear many hats – they are scholars, engineers, inventors and entrepreneurs. Juggling each of the roles can be tiresome, cofounder and fourth-year El Camino College student Moises Santander said, but the prospect of bringing a new high-speed, user-friendly 3D printer to the market is a powerful motivator.

https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/01/11/el-camino-college-students-pursue-nasa-funded-3d-printing-startup/

KPBS

Exclusive: New Biden student loan plan unveiled amid agency funding crisis

The Biden administration is unveiling an ambitious new student loan repayment program today that will be more generous, flexible and forgiving than previous plans — but it's unclear how or when the administration will be able to fully implement it.

https://www.kpbs.org/news/news/education/2023/01/10/exclusive-new-biden-student-loan-plan-unveiled-amid-agency-funding-crisis

OTHER NEWS OUTLETS

AUSD Notes: Various full-, part-time jobs available in the Alameda schools

School districts cannot thrive without the support of their communities, and just as this district prides itself on being a good neighbor, so too are we ever-grateful for the neighborly way this community treats its district. On that note, we want to be sure our community knows of the AUSD jobs available right now. We’re especially looking for paraprofessionals to work one-on-one or in small groups with students needing extra support, custodians to maintain the cleanliness of our facilities, food service workers to prepare for and serve breakfasts and lunches to students and gardeners to tend to our outside areas. Depending on the job, these are either part-time (two to five daily hours) or full-time positions (eight hours a day).

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/01/11/ausd-notes-various-full-part-time-jobs-available-in-the-alameda-schools/

Students learn mariachi music and instruments at after-school program in Anaheim

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Students at Ponderosa Elementary love the sound of music filling their classroom. Students are learning about Mariachi music and how to play instruments as part of Anaheim Elementary School District's Expanded Learning Opportunities Program.

https://abc7.com/12667039/

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