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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Meet Orange County’s Classified School Employees of the Year for 2021 |
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Each year during the third week in May, we salute the important contributions of classified school employees during “Classified School Employee Week.” And although we’ve already announced OCDE’s 2021 Classified Employees of the Year, we thought we’d take a closer look at these truly essential workers who’ve stepped up to serve students, staff and families across the county like never before.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/meet-orange-countys-classified-school-employees-of-the-year-for-2021/ |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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Sacramento City Unified combines classes; some schools to return 4 days a week |
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Many elementary schools across Sacramento City Unified will welcome students back for in-person learning for four days a week beginning May 18, according to an announcement by the district.
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article251418803.html |
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SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
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In-person proms, graduations are back on for San Diego high school seniors |
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Some Eastlake High School seniors stepped foot on campus last weekend for the first time since the pandemic began more than a year ago — to go to prom. Girls in long, sparkling gowns and high heels and boys in suits — all wearing masks — got their temperature taken at the school gate, then walked down a red carpet under a tunnel of strung-up lights to a balloon arch to take their pictures. Students danced to bumping music from a DJ in their outdoor amphitheater underneath flashing colored lights.
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https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2021-05-16/in-person-proms-graduations-are-back-on-for-san-diego-high-school-seniors |
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EDSOURCE
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Summer school plans hinge on teacher energy |
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California school districts have big plans for summer school this year. There are millions of dollars in federal and state money to spend on robust summer programs that meet students’ academic and social and emotional needs, but district officials are scrambling to find enough teachers to fill classrooms. After months of teaching remotely and then transitioning to in-person instruction, with the plethora of accompanying safety precautions, many teachers say they are just too tired to take a summer job.
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https://edsource.org/2021/summer-school-plans-hinge-on-teacher-energy/654833 |
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University of California must drop SAT, ACT scores for admissions and scholarships |
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The University of California will no longer consider SAT or ACT scores in admission or scholarship decisions under a settlement reached Friday with students. The university’s Board of Regents committed last year to stop requiring the exams in admissions, but Friday’s settlement puts to rest questions about whether the system would use the tests at all in scholarship or admissions decisions at any point in the future, even on an optional basis.
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https://edsource.org/2021/university-of-california-must-drop-sat-act-scores-for-admissions-and-scholarships/654842 |
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California K-12 school enrollment drops 3 percent |
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Statewide enrollment numbers for K-12 public schools for the 2020-21 school year dropped nearly 3 percent, or 160,000 students, compared to the year before, according to Public Policy Institute of California in a report released today. The much steeper than anticipated decline, which is most pronounced in the younger grades, may be due to parents keeping their kids out of school, enrolling them in a private school or homeschooling them.
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https://edsource.org/news-updates#california-k-12-school-enrollment-drops-3-percent |
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No improvement for internet access among students during pandemic, report finds |
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More students have computers at home than ever before in California, but access to high-speed internet has not improved even after a year of distance learning, according to a recent report from the Public Policy Institute of California.
The report, which bases its findings on the Census Household Pulse Survey from April 2020 to March 2021, found that 71% of California students have steady internet available for educational purposes, the same as last spring.
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https://edsource.org/news-updates#no-improvement-for-internet-access-among-students-during-pandemic-report-finds |
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KPCC
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Transitional Kindergarten Is The Centerpiece of Newsom’s Early Childhood Education Plans |
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Gov. Gavin Newsom envisions opening public school early education programs to all 4-year-olds in the state by the start of the 2024-25 school year. “We talk often about the achievement gap. I have always countered, it's not an achievement gap, because that assumes people have been left behind,” Newsom said at Friday’s May Budget Revise press conference. “It's not that they're left behind," he said. "It's so often — more often — that they start behind.”
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https://laist.com/news/education/transitional-kindergarten-is-the-centerpiece-of-newsoms-early-childhood-education-plans |
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Governor’s Budget Would Require Schools To Offer Full-Time, In-Person Classes By Fall |
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If Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal becomes law, public schools across California would be expected to provide full-time, in-person instruction next fall. “We want kids back in person this fall full-time,” Newsom said Friday as he unveiled his budget vision — and if the legislature approves that proposal on June 30, “the statute will make it crystal clear that that is, indeed, a requirement.”
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https://laist.com/news/education/coronavirus-governor-gavin-newsom-reopen-schools-budget-proposal-k12 |
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