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OCDE NEWSROOM
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VIDEO: Federal program aims to boost access to high-speed internet for families |
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The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted just how important it is to have access to broadband internet connection at home — for remote school or work, meeting and many other reasons — but affording internet can be difficult for many families.
According to data collected by the state, roughly 400,000 Orange County households qualify for free or discounted high-speed internet service through a federally funded initiative called the Affordable Connectivity Program. However, only 24 percent of eligible households have enrolled.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/federal-program-aims-to-boost-access-to-high-speed-internet-for-families/ |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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Debate over mesh face masks in schools leads to letter on open meeting laws |
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When Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified’s school board president, Carrie Buck, abruptly canceled a meeting earlier this year over face masks, someone yelled out “This is illegal. You just can’t do that.” That turned into a complaint sent to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, which recently concluded Buck violated no law, but said two other board members may have at a later meeting. Last week, the school board adopted a resolution to “address and remedy” the concerns raise by the District Attorney’s Office. Two board members abstained from that vote – the same two the District Attorney’s Office said may have run afoul of open meeting rules. |
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https://www.ocregister.com/2022/08/17/debate-over-mesh-face-masks-in-schools-leads-to-letter-from-ocs-district-attorneys-office-on-open-meeting-laws/ |
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Capo Unified welcomes students back to school for new year |
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First the goodbyes and then the learning. School is back in session in the Capistrano Unified School District. Campuses welcomed back students this week for a new year of learning. As parents dropped their young learners off the first day of school, many stopped for photos marking the milestone, offering extra hugs and goodbyes, and then students were off to their classrooms to get down to business. |
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https://www.ocregister.com/2022/08/16/capo-unified-is-back-in-action/ |
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CAPISTRANO DISPATCH
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First Day of School Brings Excitement to Marco Forster Middle School Campus |
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Cars came to gradual stops in the parking lot as kids got out and walked up the campus steps. Parents hugged their children. Teachers helped direct students to the right classroom. Friends greeted each other and smiled. Tuesday, Aug. 16, was the first day of school for the 2022-23 academic year at Marco Forster Middle School. By all appearances, the start of the school year was a lively time for the school community. |
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https://www.thecapistranodispatch.com/first-day-of-school-brings-excitement-to-marco-forster-middle-school-campus/ |
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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SUN
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Victor Valley Union High School District discriminated against Black students |
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Victor Valley Union High School District discriminated against Black students, disciplining them more frequently and more harshly than White students, according to the U.S. Department of Education. The U.S. Department of Education found Black students lost education time due to the district's discriminatory discipline practices. On Tuesday, Aug. 16, the department’s Office for Civil Rights announced it had entered into a resolution agreement with the district, which educates about 11,000 students in Victorville, according to the California Department of Education. |
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https://www.sbsun.com/2022/08/16/feds-victor-valley-union-high-school-district-discriminated-against-black-students/ |
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EDSOURCE
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A movement rises to change the teaching of reading |
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When Esti Iturralde’s daughter Winnie was in first grade, the girl struggled with learning to read. Like most parents, Iturralde blamed herself at first. “I thought there was something wrong with my kid. I thought there was something wrong with us,” said the Bay Area mother of two. “I just couldn’t really understand what was going on.”
The teacher consoled that Winnie just wasn’t ready, but Iturralde, a psychologist, began to suspect the type of reading instruction was holding her child back.
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https://edsource.org/2022/a-movement-rises-to-change-the-teaching-of-reading/675989 |
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KPCC
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Missing Students, Emptying Schools: LA Unified Faces A Hard Future. What Leaders Are Doing To Change Course |
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Roughly 89% of students in the Los Angeles Unified School District attended school on the first day of the 2022-23 school year — a higher rate than last year’s 77% attendance rate on Day One. That’s a strong start, said superintendent Alberto Carvalho, but there’s room for growth. |
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https://laist.com/news/education/missing-students-emptying-schools-los-angeles-unified-future |
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NPR
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For the first time in 20 years, teachers can deduct more for school supplies |
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For the first time in 20 years, the Internal Revenue Service is increasing the deduction limit for the amount of money teachers spend on school supplies, the agency has announced. Teachers will now be able to deduct up to $300 of out-of-pocket classroom expenses in 2022, up from the $250 that has been set since the incentive first started in 2002. "The limit will rise in $50 increments in future years based on inflation adjustments," the IRS said. |
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https://www.npr.org/2022/08/17/1117832975/teachers-school-supplies-irs |
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CALmatters
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Back to school: California Republicans bet big on local board races |
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Shut out from winning statewide offices, the state GOP is seeking to capitalize on parents’ anger to win local school board races in 2022 and motivate Republican voters. The party’s “Parent Revolt” program is its most ambitious school board candidate recruitment and training program ever. |
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https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/08/california-republicans-school-board-races/ |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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Youth mental health is in crisis. Are schools doing enough? |
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For fourth-grader Leah Rainey, the school day now begins with what her teacher calls an “emotional check-in.” “It’s great to see you. How are you feeling?” chirps a cheery voice on her laptop screen. It asks her to click an emoji matching her state of mind: Happy. Sad. Worried. Angry. Frustrated. Calm. Silly. Tired. Depending on the answer, Leah, 9, gets advice from a cartoon avatar on managing her mood and a few more questions: |
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https://apnews.com/article/mental-health-crisis-schools-768fed6a4e71d694ec0694c627d8fdca |
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Students with disabilities often overlooked in gifted programming |
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Gifted programming, already uneven across the country and prone to racial discrimination, has yet another blind spot: twice exceptional students.
These advanced learners, who may also receive special education services, can languish academically, their skills overlooked. The same holds true for low-income children, students of color and those learning to speak English.
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https://www.laschoolreport.com/students-with-disabilities-often-overlooked-in-gifted-programming/ |
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How electric school buses are helping the power grid |
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A handful of school buses are doing more than providing transportation this year. At the Cajon Valley Union School District in San Diego, electric buses are also helping power the electrical grid. Launched in late July, Cajon Valley partnered with San Diego Gas & Electric for a five-year pilot project that uses bidirectional EV chargers to not only take electricity from a utility to fuel the electric buses but reverse their flow, sending stored electricity from their batteries back to the grid. The system uses eight battery-electric school buses and six bidirectional chargers. |
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https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/orange-county/transportation/2022/08/15/how-electric-school-buses-are-helping-the-power-grid |
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