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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Students from Tarzana, Orange County eliminated from National Spelling Bee |
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This was the trio's lone opportunity to compete in the national bee, which is limited to students who are in eighth grade or lower on Aug. 31 of the year preceding the competition. A trio of 13-year-olds from Los Angeles and Orange counties who had advanced to the quarterfinals of the 93rd Scripps National Spelling Bee were all eliminated on Tuesday, June 15. Baominh Le and Sophia Lin, both from Orange County, both incorrectly answered their fifth-round word meaning questions to finish in a 16-way tie for 43rd place. Irene Thomas of Tarzana misspelled her fourth-round word and finished in a 17-way tie for 59th.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2021/06/15/students-from-tarzana-orange-county-advance-to-national-spelling-bee-quarterfinals/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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DAILY PILOT |
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Costa Mesa fourth-grader petitions Newport-Mesa Unified for greater accessibility to restrooms |
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Rory Siwula is 9 years old and speaks quickly as if she were in a rush to get all the words out. She’s confident and happy to answer questions about herself. She’s about to enter the fourth grade this fall. She uses a wheelchair. She is in the special education program at Killybrooke Elementary. She thinks of herself as pretty smart and said she knows generally what people think about when they see her.
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https://lat.ms/3xF9CVl |
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VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
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Enrollment at Local Catholic Schools Has Surged |
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San Diego Catholic schools saw an uptick in demand because of their in-person options. Catholic schools at all grade levels in San Diego saw a net increase in enrollment of at least 5 percent for the 2020-2021 academic year, according to Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego spokesperson Kevin Eckery. Depending on admission activity over the summer, enrollment could increase by 10 percent when schools open again in fall 2021.
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https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/enrollment-at-local-catholic-schools-has-surged/ |
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EDSOURCE
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Schools should do more to help ever-increasing number of homeless students, study finds |
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To address the steadily rising rate of homeless students in California, the state should boost funding for social services and take other steps to ensure those students stay in school and go to college, according to a report released Tuesday by the Learning Policy Institute. The report, which included data through the 2018-19 school year, found that the number of homeless students in California has been rising annually and likely has been exacerbated by the pandemic. In 2018-19, about 270,000 K-12 students — 1 in 23 — lacked stable housing, with Black, Native American, Pacific Islander, English learners and students in special education more likely to be affected.
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https://edsource.org/news-updates#schools-should-do-more-to-help-ever-increasing-number-of-homeless-students-study-finds |
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NPR
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After Months Of Special Education Turmoil, Families Say Schools Owe Them |
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Roughly 7 million children in the U.S. receive special education services under a decades-old federal law — or did, until the pandemic began. Many of those services slowed or stopped when schools physically shut down in spring 2020. Modified instruction, behavioral counseling and speech and physical therapy disappeared or were feebly reproduced online, for three, six, nine months. In some places, they have yet to fully resume. For many children with disabilities, families say this disruption wasn't just difficult. It was devastating.
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https://www.npr.org/2021/06/16/994587239/after-months-of-special-education-turmoil-families-say-schools-owe-them |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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After enrollment dips, public schools hope for fall rebound |
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School districts that lost enrollment during the pandemic are looking anxiously to the fall to see how many families stick with the education choices they made over the last year. There are early signs that enrollment may not fully rebound, and the stakes are high. If enrollment does not recover, public schools that lose students eventually could see funding cuts, though pandemic relief money is boosting budgets for now. Sustained drops in enrollment could also shift the demographics of America’s public schools.
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https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-race-and-ethnicity-education-e4f3faca4dffec641b11df6dd8259a23 |
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