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OCDE NEWSROOM
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Weekly roundup: Fullerton students earn national speech and debate title, Girl Scouts donate book vending machine to Newport Elementary, and more |
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A team of 20 Fullerton School District students clinched a champion title for the fifth consecutive year at this summer’s National Speech and Debate Tournament. |
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https://bit.ly/3z83CL1 |
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ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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California legislators want public schools to teach Mendez v. Westminster |
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California students soon may start learning the story of the Mendez family and how their response to being turned away from a school in Westminster led to the repeal of segregation laws in the state.
Legislators, just ahead of the deadline, OK’d a bill that would incorporate the Mendez v. Westminster case into the history and social science curriculum standards for public schools in California. That bill now awaits the governor’s signature or veto.
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https://www.ocregister.com/2024/08/30/california-legislators-want-public-schools-to-teach-mendez-v-westminster/ |
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USA TODAY
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With COVID-19 relief gone, teachers are losing their jobs. It's a blow to diversity. |
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Schools nationwide used most of their relief fund money to pay for classroom teachers and support staff, according to a U.S. Department of Education analysis of district spending for fiscal year 2022. Districts across the country are now laying off recently hired educators, teaching assistants, counselors, restorative justice coordinators and other key staff at schools, or they're scrambling to find ways to retain them. |
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2024/09/03/school-teachers-jobs-covid-relief/74502849007/ |
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Majoring in video games? A new wave of degrees underscores the pressures on colleges |
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Over the past decade, organized competitive video gaming has become more common on college campuses, serving as a useful recruitment tool for universities and enticing gifts from rich donors. As the esports market expanded, college degrees geared toward the sector have grown, too. At Rider University, a small private college in New Jersey, video game design is among the most popular majors. Last year it enrolled roughly 100 students and had three full-time faculty. |
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2024/09/01/new-gen-z-college-majors/74967045007/ |
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EDSOURCE
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How well are chronic absenteeism interventions working? |
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Nearly one-quarter (23%) of school districts surveyed said none of the strategies adopted to fight chronic absenteeism have been particularly effective, according to an analysis of data published by Rand Corporation and the Center on Reinventing Public Education, K-12 Dive reported. |
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https://edsource.org/updates/how-well-are-chronic-absenteeism-interventions-working |
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Why are parents struggling with college separation anxiety? |
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Against the backdrop of a youth mental health crisis and widespread pandemic learning loss, parents have grown more anxious about their kids’ lives, which is fundamentally altering the experience of going to college and growing up. They’re using tech to track their kids, curating the orientation week schedule and having dorm sleepovers. |
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https://edsource.org/updates/why-are-parents-struggling-with-college-separation-anxiety |
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KPCC
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Can a dorm shared between colleges be the solution to California's student housing needs? |
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The project, made possible by hundreds of millions in state funding, will provide much-needed affordable housing for the Riverside Community College District, where recent surveys indicate that about 14% of students have experienced housing insecurity.
And the project has another purpose: to encourage community college students to envision themselves at the university. Their apartments “will be sprinkled throughout” the new dorm, not set apart, said Jacqueline Norman, UCR’s campus architect and associate vice chancellor.
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https://laist.com/news/education/uc-riverside-community-college-district-new-dorm |
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OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
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Q&A: Westminster School District Supt. Previews the New School Year |
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Last week, Spotlight Schools co-founder Jeannette Andruss sat down with Superintendent Gunn Marie Hansen, Ph.D., at the district’s main office for a 30 minute interview. Dr. Hansen, who has been in her position since 2023, shared the district’s goals for the new school year, building on its six-year WSD Inspires! Strategic Plan that was passed in August 2023. |
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https://www.spotlightschools.com/westminster-school-district-supt-previews-the-school-year/ |
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The first statewide education campaign has launched to help combat the fentanyl crisis |
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According to the California Department of Public Health, opioid related deaths, which includes fentanyl, have more than doubled in the last 10 years.
In 2023, over 8,000 people died of opioid related deaths, with over 90% of those involving fentanyl. It’s an issue Tawny says can’t be spoken about enough.
The state believes so too and why the first statewide education campaign called Facts Fight Fentanyl has launched.
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https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/orange-county/education/2024/08/29/fentanyl-crisis-facts-education-drugs |
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