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OCDE NEWSROOM
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#kindness1billion: A look at some of the 15 million acts of kindness throughout Orange County schools |
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Kindness never goes out of style, which is why schools throughout Orange County have committed to giving back to their communities. In 2016, the Orange County Department of Education and County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Al Mijares initiated the One Billion Acts of Kindness campaign, designed to build character and promote civility. Anyone can visit the website to document a good deed, large or small.
As of May 16, nearly 15.1 million acts of kindness have been recorded.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/kindness1billion-a-look-at-some-of-the-15-million-acts-of-kindness-throughout-orange-county-schools/ |
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KQED
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How Will California's Budget Deficit Impact Schools? |
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We continue our look at California’s budget shortfall and examine its impact on schools. K-12 education makes up the largest chunk of the budget. Guy is joined by Patrick O’Donnell, the government relations chief for the California School Board Association, to talk about how the shortfall might impact students and teachers, as well as the political turmoil roiling school boards up and down the state. |
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https://www.kqed.org/news/11989857/how-will-californias-budget-deficit-impact-schools |
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As California’s Transitional Kindergarten Enrollment Grows, Parents Must Make Big Choices |
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Enrollment has significantly increased in TK to 150,000 students this past school year, but the state still has a long way to go to reach its goal of serving more than 300,000 by the fall of 2025. KQED interviewed several families about their experiences with TK and many said drop-off and pick-up arrangements are a major hurdle. Others said their neighborhood school didn’t offer TK, and programs at other schools were difficult to travel to. Some parents said they missed key deadlines because they didn’t know their child was eligible. |
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https://www.kqed.org/news/11989789/as-californias-transitional-kindergarten-enrollment-grows-parents-must-make-big-choices |
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KPBS
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San Diego Unified students 'Level Up' for learning this summer |
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Thousands of San Diego Unified School District students return to campuses across the county Wednesday. They are enrolled in the Level Up summer enrichment program.
The program was created in 2021 by the district in partnership with the San Diego Foundation. The Board of Trustees used federal COVID-19 money and a creative funding plan to launch the enrichment learning model at 49 elementary and middle schools. This summer, $9 million will pay for 24,000 students to enhance their summer with academics and social and emotional learning.
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https://www.kpbs.org/news/education/2024/06/12/san-diego-unified-students-level-up-for-learning-this-summer |
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CALmatters
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It’s time to make deals on California budget |
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As the Legislature hammers out its state budget this week, education advocates are waiting to learn the fate of Proposition 98, the decades-old funding mechanism for California’s public K-12 schools and community colleges. Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed lowering the minimum amount of money guaranteed to schools by Prop. 98 and making up the difference by borrowing from the general fund. The California Teachers Association, California School Boards Association and other education advocates say the maneuver will protect funding this year but could lower it dramatically in future years. Last week, Newsom and the teachers union struck a compromise that shrinks the Prop. 98 cut from $8.8 billion to $5.5 billion, but negotiations with the Legislature are ongoing. |
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https://calmatters.org/newsletter/california-budget-schools-funding/ |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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O.C. Board of Education to Select Interim Supt. at June 18 meeting |
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A new era could be starting in the relationship between the Orange County Board of Education and the head of the Orange County Department of Education.
At its regular meeting on June 18, the OCBE is expected to name an interim O.C. Superintendent of Schools. The job of the county’s top education official includes leading “an organization that serves the county’s most vulnerable student populations and provides support and mandated fiscal oversight to 28 school districts serving more than 600 schools and approximately 450,000 students,” according to the OCDE Newsroom.
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https://www.spotlightschools.com/o-c-board-of-education-to-select-interim-supt-at-june-18-meeting/ |
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Chronic absenteeism is sounding alarm bells, but parents don’t hear them |
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Experts are sounding the alarm on chronic absenteeism and the serious obstacles it represents for U.S. students, but not only do most parents not consider it a high priority, they struggle to specify what it really means. An NPR/Ipsos poll released this week showed only a third of parents can correctly define chronic absenteeism as missing at least 10 percent of school days — working out to around two a month — and when asked if it is a “major concern” for students, it ranked below most other issues in education such as gun violence, restrictions on teaching certain topics and teacher salaries. |
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https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4714581-chronic-absenteeism-pandemic-learning-loss-test-scores-parents-students/ |
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Do skills taught in K-12 schools really lead to upward mobility? $3 million in grant money aims to find out |
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One of the challenges schools face is that there’s very little evidence directly connecting most pre-K-12 skills to measures of success in adulthood such as economic mobility. This means school and district leaders must rely on instinct and guesswork when faced with decisions about how much to prioritize teaching math (and which specific aspects), fostering students’ self-management abilities or developing teamwork skills.
Those guesses are surely correct at least sometimes. But what if they were right more often? Could it help schools put more students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds on a path to economic security?
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https://www.laschoolreport.com/do-skills-taught-in-k-12-schools-really-lead-to-upward-mobility-3-million-in-grant-money-aims-to-find-out/ |
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