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OCDE NEWSROOM
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OCDE-led Peer Assistance Leadership honors local programs, advisors for youth engagement |
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OCDE representatives made surprise visits to recognize five school-based Peer Assistance Leadership programs and three PAL advisors for using creative and innovative practices to increase youth engagement and connectedness.
Administered by the Orange County Department of Education, PAL programs encourage students to help and support their fellow peers. Youth leaders in grades four through 12 build leadership skills as they connect with peers and create positive school environments through mentoring, new-student transition services, school-wide service learning projects, and alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention activities.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/ocde-led-peer-assistance-leadership-honors-local-programs-advisors-for-amplifying-youth-engagement/ |
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OC Pathways to launch network of work-based learning resources for regional education partners |
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OC Pathways will host its second installment of the K-16 Regional Education Collaborative network sessions on Tuesday, inviting educational partners from around Orange County to foster seamless career pathway transitions between high school, postsecondary education and the workforce. Led by the Orange County Department of Education, the college and career readiness initiative plans to present a first-of-its-kind, centralized system of resources to local educators on May 16 and spark ideas to utilize their newly-acquired grant funding for Orange County students. |
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/oc-pathways-to-launch-network-of-work-based-learning-resources-for-regional-education-partners/ |
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USA TODAY
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Students are increasingly refusing to go to school. It’s becoming a mental health crisis. |
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Since the pandemic, more students are school-avoidant, leaving parents feeling hopeless and schools unequipped to find a solution. School avoidance is not a concrete diagnosis and looks different in every child. Some students consistently miss a couple of days a week, while others may leave during the day or escape to the nurse or counselor’s office. In some extreme cases, students don't step foot in a school for months or years at a time. |
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https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/health/2023/05/15/school-avoidance-becomes-crisis-after-covid/11127563002/ |
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PRESS-ENTERPRISE
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First dual immersion class graduates in Riverside |
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Forty-three students are graduating from Riverside’s Poly High School after 12 years in a dual immersion program in which they learned in both English and Spanish.
They are the first graduates of the Riverside Unified School District’s Dual Language Immersion Program.
A ceremony was staged Monday, May 8, to mark the milestone.
The program’s goal is to make students truly bilingual, giving them the “intercultural competence necessary to thrive in our multiracial society and global economy,” the release states.
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https://www.pressenterprise.com/2023/05/15/first-dual-immersion-class-graduates-in-riverside/ |
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EDSOURCE
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Oakland students to return to classroom Tuesday after week-plus strike |
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Oakland’s teachers will resume instruction Tuesday after nearly two weeks of walking picket lines and negotiating an ambitious list of contract demands, including increased pay, reduced class sizes and housing assistance for homeless students. Oakland Unified and its teachers union reached a tentative agreement on a three-year contract over the weekend that included changes to the salary schedule that gives most union members a 15.5% salary bump, with larger increases for newer teachers. Teachers also would get a $5,000 bonus, and bilingual teachers would earn an annual stipend. |
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https://edsource.org/2023/oakland-7-day-teacher-strike-ends/690657 |
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Number of English learners shrinks at many dual-language immersion schools |
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The number of English learners is shrinking at many dual-language immersion schools while the number of English-dominant and white students is increasing, according to a new analysis released by The Century Foundation and Children’s Equity Project.
The organizations analyzed 1,600 dual-language immersion programs in 13 states and the District of Columbia.
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https://edsource.org/updates/number-of-english-learners-shrinks-at-many-dual-immersion-schools |
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Biden administration adds nearly $100 million for school mental health professionals |
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Fourteen colleges and school districts in California are among those that will receive federal grants to hire and train mental health professionals in high-needs schools, the U.S. Department of Education announced Monday. The grants are part of an overall investment of more than $95 million, spread among 35 states, through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. The money is in addition to $286 million the administration has already awarded to train and hire mental health professionals and diversify the field. |
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https://edsource.org/updates/biden-administration-adds-nearly-100-million-for-school-mental-health-professionals |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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Parade honoring the class of 2023 to roll through Rossmoor on June 3 |
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What began as a COVID-era idea has quickly become a rite of passage for seniors at Los Alamitos High School and plans announced for the 4th annual graduation celebration parade indicate the event is growing. Jo Shade, a Rossmoor resident who leads a group that instituted the event, announced that the senior parade will be held June 3 at 11:00 a.m. and, for the first time, it will include a party in Rush Park after the parade concludes. The event is open to all graduating seniors in the area. It’s free to participate in the parade but registration for vehicles is required. |
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https://www.spotlightschools.com/articles/community/2023-graduating-seniors-to-roll-through-rossmoor-on-june-3 |
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