|
OCDE NEWSROOM
|
|
|
|
Fullerton Joint Union teacher receives 2023 Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award |
|
After serving in the United States Navy for 21 years as a commander, teacher Robert “Allen” Stubblefield, Jr. found another way to give back to his country — increasing the cybersecurity awareness of students and inspiring the nation’s future cybersecurity workforce. On Dec. 5, Stubblefield, a cyber defense educator at Troy High School in the Fullerton Joint Union High School District, attended the eighth annual NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, where he was given the 2023 Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award. |
|
https://newsroom.ocde.us/fullerton-joint-union-teacher-receives-2023-presidential-cybersecurity-education-award/ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FRESNO BEE
|
|
|
|
Does this Clovis Unified rule protect students or infringe on teachers’ free speech? |
|
Recent policy updates affecting how teachers do their jobs and what they can have in their workspace received mixed reactions from Clovis Unified educators, but at least one group is threatening legal action if the district doesn’t change course. Critics of Clovis Unified’s “Display of Personal Items in the Workplace” clause say they’re concerned the policy could be used to hamper free speech; others praised the “clarifications,” saying it ensures teachers don’t unduly influence their students from developing their own political or personal beliefs. |
|
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/education-lab/article269533552.html#storylink=cpy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
KPBS
|
|
|
|
Childcare providers are a casualty of California's transitional kindergarten |
|
In late 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom trumpeted a multi-billion-dollar plan that he said would transform early childhood learning in California by bringing 4-year-olds into the public school system. But just a year into the rollout, there are a host of unintended consequences. Working families aren’t able to use the program because of a lack of aftercare spots. TK is also hiring teachers away from traditional preschools and making an already dire staffing shortage worse. And some are going out of business because they no longer have 4-year-olds, whose care is cheapest to provide. |
|
https://www.kpbs.org/news/local/2022/12/14/childcare-providers-are-a-casualty-of-californias-transitional-kindergarten |
|
|
|
|
OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
|
|
|
|
Students turn to TikTok to fill gaps in school lessons |
|
Scrutiny from conservatives around teaching about race, gender and sexuality has made many teachers reluctant to discuss issues that touch on cultural divides. To fill in gaps, some students are looking to social media, where online personalities, nonprofit organizations and teachers are experimenting with ways to connect with them outside the confines of school. The platform has opened new opportunities for educators looking to expand students’ worldviews. |
|
https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-black-history-education-e66ce79b077fe5336baaf8b32b21c029 |
|
|
|
|
Taking care of her ‘babies’: How one LAUSD principal provides pandemic recovery to vulnerable kids |
|
During the pandemic, Los Angeles Unified’s Ninth Street Elementary School teachers saw their students attending remote classes from crowded and noisy shelters — or living with more than ten family members in a small room.
Located in one of Los Angeles’ lowest income neighborhoods, Ninth Street Elementary enrolls students who live in the Fashion District bordering Skid Row, with 24% of their students homeless and 51% of students English Learners.
|
|
https://www.laschoolreport.com/taking-care-of-her-babies-how-one-lausd-principal-provides-pandemic-recovery-to-vulnerable-kids/ |
|
|
|
|
Supreme Court won’t block California flavored tobacco ban |
|
The Supreme Court on Monday refused a request from tobacco companies to stop California from enforcing a ban on flavored tobacco products that was overwhelmingly approved by voters in November. R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco companies sought the high court’s intervention to keep the ban from taking effect by Dec. 21.
There was no additional comment from the justices and no noted dissents.
|
|
https://lbpost.com/news/supreme-court-wont-block-california-flavored-tobacco-ban |
|
|
|