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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Newport-Mesa USD principal receives national leadership award |
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A principal in the Newport-Mesa School District is one of eight school leaders to receive a prestigious educational leadership award from the U.S. Department of Education.
Christy Flores, principal at Davis Magnet School, was recently selected to receive the Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership. The national award honors “school leaders who are committed to education as a powerful and liberating force in people’s lives.” The award is part of the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program and principals are nominated by their school communities during the final stages of the application process.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/newport-mesa-usd-principal-receives-national-leadership-award/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Students take to Laguna Niguel street corner to perform ‘Hamilton’ |
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On a Laguna Niguel corner a Broadway show unfolded. Well, at least the content was straight from Broadway: the hit musical “Hamilton.” The performers were straight from George While Elementary School. A fifth grade class under the direction of teacher Michael Young performed several numbers from the show on Saturday morning out front of the Starbucks.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2021/11/07/students-take-to-laguna-niguel-street-corner-to-perform-hamilton/ |
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SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
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SD Unified reverses course after parents balk at proposal for ‘mental health’ day off |
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San Diego Unified School District announced Friday evening that it planned to recommend making school attendance optional on Nov. 12, allowing anyone who wants to take a mental health day to do so.
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https://bit.ly/3EQVs6S |
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FRESNO BEE
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More than 20 Fresno school neighborhoods will get free internet from FUSD. Here’s how |
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More internet is coming to south Fresno thanks to the Fresno Unified School District’s new private internet service. On Friday, district officials and their technology partners gathered at Gaston Middle School to announce the installation of 15 private LTE towers that will support thousands of users in the neighborhoods more than 20 schools.
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https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/education-lab/article255544431.html#storylink=cpy |
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EDSOURCE
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The ‘absolutely essential’ role of Black counselors on campus |
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Amid calls for schools to diversify their teaching staffs, some are saying those efforts should extend beyond the classroom — to the counseling office. The needs of Black students, advocates argue, are too often overlooked by non-Black middle and high school counselors. Black students are more likely to be placed in classes that don’t prepare them for college or a career, subject to harsher discipline and less likely to have their mental health needs addressed, research shows.
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https://edsource.org/2021/the-absolutely-essential-role-of-black-counselors-on-campus/663367 |
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State schools chief apologizes to private, parochial school leaders for mishandling federal Covid aid |
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In a hastily scheduled webinar this week, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond apologized profusely to hundreds of leaders of private schools serving low-income families for delays in distributing tens of millions of dollars in federal Covid aid. Promising to quickly remove the bottlenecks, Thurmond said Tuesday, “We regret any heartburn or difficulties that you have experienced.” He asked for “some grace” as the department fixed the problems it created.
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https://edsource.org/2021/state-schools-chief-apologizes-to-private-parochial-school-leaders-for-mishandling-federal-covid-aid/663336 |
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Play may have the potential to reduce inequity among early learners, report finds |
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One of the answers to reducing inequity and addressing mental health concerns among young children may be as simple as providing more opportunities to play, some experts suggest. A growing body of research is making the case for play as a way to boost the well-being of young children as the pandemic drags on and concern over learning loss grows stronger, as the Hechinger Report notes.
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https://edsource.org/updates/play-may-have-the-potential-to-reduce-inequity-among-early-learners-report-finds |
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KPBS
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A proposed mental health day caused a stir in the San Diego Unified School District. |
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Superintendent Dr. Lamont Jackson sent parents an email on Friday night stating the following: After careful consideration, we have decided to keep our classrooms open next Friday. All students will be welcome at school on November 12. We will continue to offer students the chance to use that day to rest and recharge. Families that choose to keep their students out of school for a mental health day on November 12 will have their absence marked as “excused.”
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https://www.kpbs.org/news/local/2021/11/05/some-parents-stressed-out-over-san-diego-unified-plan-for-mental-health-holiday |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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‘Not a pipe dream’: New report offers roadmap to eliminate internet affordability gap for students |
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Almost two years into the pandemic, over 18 million households lack high-speed internet access. Even if it’s available, they can’t afford it, according to a new report from nonprofit EducationSuperHighway. CEO Evan Marwell estimates about half of those families include school-age children. “The narrative is that it’s been about building infrastructure in rural America,” Marwell said, but added, “after decades of investment, affordability is now the biggest problem.”
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http://laschoolreport.com/not-a-pipe-dream-new-report-offers-roadmap-to-eliminate-internet-affordability-gap-for-students/ |
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