Friday, May 30, 2014

Career Pathways Trust Awardees - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)

Career Pathways Trust Awardees - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education):

State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces Award of Career Pathways Trust Grants Linking Education and Careers

OAKLAND—Almost 40 consortia representing hundreds of thousands of students across California are the first recipients of grants under a new $250 million program designed to help students stay in school and move toward college and employment in high-demand fields, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today.

The California Career Pathways Trust was spearheaded last year by Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg, establishing a one-time $250 million competitive grant program in the state's 2013-14 budget. Grant recipients are tasked with creating sustained career pathways programs that connect businesses, K–12 schools, and community colleges to better prepare students for the 21st century workplace. Under Torlakson, the California Department of Education (CDE) administers the program, soliciting and identifying the strongest applications based on a rigorous evaluation process carried out by the CDE and its state partners, the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office and the California Workforce Investment Board.

"To make good on our goal of a world-class education for every California student, they have to graduate with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in the real world," Torlakson said. "By demonstrating the relevance of students' education, these programs not only encourage kids to stay in school, but also combine the rigorous academics and practical experience employers say they need."

State officials received 123 eligible applications containing about $709 million in requested grants, nearly triple the $250 million in available funding. Applicants included community college districts, county offices of education, direct-funded charter schools, and school districts.

"Today, educators in these districts are reaping the rewards of their hard work in formulating quality career pathways programs, but the real rewards will be realized by tens of thousands of students around California who will experience exciting new avenues to apply their education to future careers," Steinberg said. "Students who are more engaged in learning will stay in school and graduate with better preparation for college and the workforce. The fact that applications were triple the amount of money available shows the hunger for career pathway programs. That's why, this year, I'm fighting for another $300 million infusion of funding for career pathway grants. For our students and our economy, we can't afford to lose momentum."

Grant recipients this year include 12 consortia receiving up to $15 million each, 16 receiving up to $6 million each, and 11 receiving awards of up to $600,000 each. Examples of successful applicants include:

A consortium led by the Los Angeles Unified School District is targeting five high-skill, high-growth industry sectors ranging from Health Science and Medical Technology to Environmental Resources. Other education agencies included in this consortium are the Centinela Valley High School District and Da Vinci Science High School. Industry partners include Kaiser Permanente Southern California, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, Gold Star Foods, Southern California Gas Company, Tyson Foods, Time Warner Cable, and the Boeing Company.
The East Bay I-80/880 Consortium, led by the Peralta Community College District, is focusing on preparing students for four critical sectors in the East Bay: Health Sciences, Engineering (including Advanced Manufacturing), Information and Communication Technologies/Digital Media, and Public Service. Industry partners in the consortium include Bayer, Oakland Children's Hospital, Bio-Rad, San Francisco General Hospital, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Turner Construction, BAYWORK, Terminal Manufacturing, Autodesk, Maxon Computer, the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, and the Richmond Police Department.
Paramount Agriculture Career Academy (PACA) is a regional collaborative among the Paramount Academy charter school in Delano, four school districts, three community colleges, six major agriculture production and processing companies, and Paramount Education Programs. PACA will immerse students from five high schools in a demanding, integrated academic program of study with three agriculture-themed pathways: Agricultural Business Management, Agricultural Mechanics, and Plant Science. Executives from each company identified plant science, mechanics, and business as the fields with the greatest current and long-term needs for skilled applicants. The agriculture sector is the region's largest employer base.

"The partnerships funded by these grants will bring real-world experience and hands-on learning to our students, opening new bridges of opportunity from the classroom to success in college and careers," said Torlakson, who supports the push for more funding. "The Career Pathways Trust is a much-needed investment that will benefit our state's economy well into the future."

Listed below are the fiscal agents for each of the 39 grant recipients or consortia, all of which include multiple partners. More information on each of the consortia is available by request.

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Tom Torlakson — State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Communications Division, Room 5206, 916-319-0818, Fax 916-319-0100

http://www.tomtorlakson.com/

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Zuckerberg is at it again

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Zuckerberg is at it again:

Zuckerberg is at it again

'The word 'policy' makes us think of politicians and bureaucrats. But what happens when powerful policy-makers aren’t elected or appointed? Today, billionaires are shaping education policy in the United States. Buying political influence—-even legally...' -- Robin Rogers

Vast private donations have brought public dollars with them, giving America’s wealthiest people power over the public agenda that some don’t think is healthy. -- Washington Post

I was interviewed this morning by CSM reporter Stacy Teicher Khadaroo about FB founder Mark Zuckerberg's latest $120M "gift" To San Francisco Bay Area Schools. What is it about the Billionaire Boys Club? They just can't seem to keep their grubby mitts off of public education. I wish they would stick to buying basketball teams.

Zuckerberg, the world’s 21st richest person, has a net worth that Forbes pegs at $28 billion. He claims that his $100M "donation" to Newark's public schools schoolsraised graduation rates by 10%. What horsecrap!
Where's the evidence? We still don't even know exactly how that money was Schooling in the Ownership Society: Zuckerberg is at it again:

5-30-14 LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD

LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District):

Follow the money: last filing deadline today for LAUSD election

Tonight is the final disclosure deadline for candidates running in the June 3 special election, to fill LA Unified’s District 1 board seat. “There should be updated numbers by midnight from all the candidates,” said a staff member at the City Ethics Commission. Most candidates are filing their required disclosure forms online, which will be available on the Ethics website, here. One candidate, Oma

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Only Alex Johnson gets PAC money in school board race

Alex Johnson With the the LA Unified school board special election only four days away, Alex Johnson is the only candidate of seven whose campaign is supported by independent expenditure committees, also known as super-PACS. So far, groups are spending more than $52,000 to get him elected, according to the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission. These groups operate separately and are not coordinated

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Analysis: How to avoid a school board runoff in 4 easy steps

With seven candidates vying for the vacant LAUSD school board seat in South LA, what would it take to pull ahead of the pack and head off a costly stand-alone runoff? Coinciding with the California statewide primary on June 3, the special election was called to fill the District 1 board seat, left vacant by death last year of longtime member Marguerite LaMotte. We asked Democratic strategist Bill

by Jamie Alter Lynto... / 5min

Kennedy High principal evoking strong feelings, good and bad

Suzanne Blake, Principal of Kennedy High School Teachers at John Kennedy High School in Granada Hills are speaking out against the principal, Suzanne Blake, over what they perceive as an autocratic management style that fractures faculty unity. While Blake has supporters among Kennedy’s 90-plus teachers and staff, the willingness of some teachers to complain suggests that she remains a polarizing

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Zimmer: LAUSD ‘culture war’ over co-locations on the west side

Steve Zimmer LAUSD Board Meeting As lawyers figure out where Citizens of the World Mar Vista decides will call home in the 2014-2015 school year, LA Unified board member Steve Zimmer says the charter is likely to encounter the same friction it endured as a co-located school this year at Stoner Elementary if it remains on LA’s west side. “It’s not that it has much to do with CWC specifically,” Zim

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Gap in instructional time for CA minority students spurs a lawsuit

Via Los Angeles Times | By Steven Ceasar The state Education Department has ignored its obligation to ensure that all California students receive a minimum level of instructional time, predominantly affecting minorities from low-income families, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday. The lawsuit, filed in Alameda County Superior Court by the American Civil Liberties Union, Public Counsel and othe

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Morning Read: Can new LAUSD board member create change?

South LA to elect a school board member; Can a new face help? South Los Angles residents will vote Tuesday on a new school board member – but their decision will affect students all over the district. A slate of seven candidates are vying for District One – which became vacant last year when Marguerite LaMotte died in the middle of her term. It’s home to the poorest performing schools in Los Angel

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5-29-14 LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD

LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District): Morning Read: School construction bond going to voters$9 billion school construction bond moves toward November ballot Appropriations Committee has finally put a dollar figure to a school construction bond measure that it wants to place on the November ballot: $9 billion. Voter approval to issue new 30-ye

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The Only Bold Choice: Parents United statement on delaying the budget vote | Parents United for Public Education

The Only Bold Choice: Parents United statement on delaying the budget vote | Parents United for Public Education:

The Only Bold Choice: Parents United statement on delaying the budget vote

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Parents United for Public Education statement on delaying the budget vote

Last night Superintendent William Hite and the School Reform Commission made a bold move and decided not to pass a devastating school budget until requested revenues are received. In doing so, they put the pressure where it belongs: on our elected officials at the city and state who are ultimately responsible for funding the education of our children.

Superintendent William Hite and SRC Chair Bill Green have our support for finally acknowledging what parents and students and staff have been saying all year – our schools are not safe without responsible funding.In the last week, people have responded with anger, marches and calls for funding following the heartbreaking death of a 7 yo at Jackson Elementary without a school nurse present. Parents United has filed 800+ complaints from 90 different schools on damages of inadequate funding, and has called for District officials to take a stand and redo the proposed FY2015 budget. Some of the city’s most respected principals have publicly testified that the budget cannot sustain safe, much less educational, environments for children. The day before the SRC meeting, the Working Families Party, the PFT, PCAPS and communities delivered 40,000 signatures to abolish the SRC. This has been a non-stop call from parents and the community: these budgets are immoral. They harm children, staff and families. We are glad the SRC and District have heeded this community call.

No longer will our children be made to pay the price for the failure of elected officials who have balked, delayed and evaded their responsibilities. Our mayor has failed to allot additional money to schools in his own budget, and City Council – which committed to $120 million for schools – must guarantee at least another $75 million more. The biggest failure comes from our governor and the state of Pennsylvania who must move immediately to restore charter school reimbursements, fix special education funding, and implement a fair funding formula. As parents we pledge to bring the full weight of our voice and anger over the current conditions within our schools to City Hall and Harrisburg.

We also call upon the Chamber of Commerce, the Philadelphia Parking Authority and our leading educational institutions to step to the plate.

The Chamber of Commerce has vocally expressed support for our schools, but has opposed a number of funding options without providing any alternative funding solutions. We ask the business community to partner with parents to ensure finding the remaining $320 million in revenue which will begin to stabilize Philadelphia schools. We have provided the Chamber with many suggestions onThe Only Bold Choice: Parents United statement on delaying the budget vote | Parents United for Public Education:

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Community Rejuvenation Muralist Desi Mundo

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Community Rejuvenation Muralist Desi Mundo:

Community Rejuvenation Muralist Desi Mundo

Desi Mundo

Strong coffee this morning with Desi Mundo, visionary artist and founder of the Oakland-based Community Rejuvenation Project. Desi grew up tagging and writing on the walls of Chicago and eventually became an airbrush artist of renown. His work in Oakland and surrounding towns has covered the walls of schools, grocery stores, housing projects, bridges, and buildings threatened with demolition.

Desi was in town to complete a new street mural at 75th and Coles, and to present a series of 5 vivid portraits of Liberation Theologists of Latin America, created in collaboration with artist Lavie Raven. He also presented a portrait of the beloved late educator Sarah Spurlark to Hyde Park's Ray Elementary School, which Desi attended as a child while Spurlark was the principal.

Sarah Spurlark mural

The Community Rejuvenation Project in Oakland brings together artists to work with communities in creating new art that reflects the stories of residents and their institutions--Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Community Rejuvenation Muralist Desi Mundo:

5-30-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum:

Math Talk in Friday Update

As you are probably aware, the Superintendent sends out a Friday update to staff and the Board. There was this in it today. It's titled, "3-Year Elementary Math Achievement Data (Schmitz Park)." I see it as an effort to ward off schools using other math curriculum from arguing against the current recommendation for math adoption. Okay, but isn't Mercer doing a lot better using a differ

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Can You Speel? Not Me

All the winning words from the National Spelling Bee since 1925 via Washington Post. (Surprise the kids this weekend with "Pop quiz!" Then ask them to define the words, just kidding.) But I say, with no shame, that from about 1995 on, I'd have to guess what most of those words mean. The winner was 13-year-old Arvind Mahankali from New York with knaidel, a type of dumpling eaten especial

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Troubling Talk

An article in the Seattle Times today troubled me deeply. Tough Talk (from the left) on race and Seattle Schools described a recent meeting in Columbia City called “Race, Class and Education”. The meeting acknowledged the wide difference in academic performance between affluent White and Asian students and minority students from low-income homes. That fact is troubling in itself. The school distri

by Charlie Mas / 21min

Math Adoption - You Can Influence the Outcome

We are now at the nth hour for the Math Adoption. I say that because by Monday, Tuesday - it will be too late. This is the weekend that any waivering directors will make up their minds. There are three Director Community meetings tomorrow morning. Their e-mail isschoolboard@seattleschools.org - put "math adoption" in the subject line. The phone number to leave a message is 252-0040.By

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5-29-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Friday Open ThreadTomorrow sees three Director Community Meetings - if you want something to change in the math adoption, you might want to drop in on one. Patu - 10 am - noon, Cafe VittaMcLaren - 10 am - noon, SW Branch Public LibraryPeters - 11 am - 12:30 pm - Queen Anne library, first hour for students (according to SPS website)I was unable to attend the DPD mee

by mike simpson / 21h

2014 Summer Meal Service Sites - Food Programs (CA Dept of Education)

2014 Summer Meal Service Sites - Food Programs (CA Dept of Education):

2014 Summer Meal Service Sites

Provides parents and referral agencies with a list of locations where children may receive free nutritious meals during school vacation and off-track periods. Please call site contact to confirm participation.

Entities wishing to serve meals under the Summer Food Service Program should contact the sponsor listed.

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The Answer Sheet 5-30-14

Answer Sheet:

Mark Zuckerberg is giving $120 million to Bay Area schools (after his last education reform effort didn’t go so well)

The world’s most innovative community shouldn’t also be a home for struggling public schools. Today Priscilla and I are announcing a $120 million commitment to support efforts to improve education for underserved communities in the Bay Area. That begins an op-ed in the San Jose Mercury News written by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla […]

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Is the $1 trillion student loan debt really a crisis? — Part 2

Earlier this month I published a post titled “Is the $1 trillion student loan debt really a crisis?” by Donald E. Heller, dean of the College of Education at Michigan State University, which sparked a lot of comments and questions. It started out this way: For the last couple of years, ever since the outstanding volume […]

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The Answer Sheet 5-29-14

Answer Sheet: Utah high school alters girls’ yearbook photos to cover skin, remove tattooSome female students at a high school in Utah apparently broke the “modesty” standards for their yearbook and discovered that their photos had been changed digitally, with sleeves and necklines added to cover their skin, and a tattoo removed. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that some girls at Wasatch High Schoo

by mike simpson / 13min

Student Voice – Situational? Optional? Or Essential?

Student Voice – Situational? Optional? Or Essential?:

Student Voice – Situational? Optional? Or Essential?

At the beginning of our existence, we grew quickly through the stages of maturity until we became the people we are today. During early development we acquire understanding of the freedoms, choices, and rules that structure how our society functions, through hands-on exploration, curiosity and questioning, and a desire to model behaviors of those around us. However, to the child, equity is determined on a peer-to-peer basis on who is given “extra playtime” or another refill of juice. Children conceptualize the world in terms of “what I have” verses “what you have” and distinguish those differences that comprise these inequities. Through time, we may begin to learn and struggle with how equity is applicable to other aspects of life. One of these inequities is the lack of awareness, value and need for the Student Voice.

One may be thinking, “What do you mean by ‘the Student Voice?’” Students are, after all, attending schools, participating in sports, and choosing to undertake extra-curricular activities outside the classroom. Students may have long breaks from school (in contrast to the typical 9-5 work week) or even have snow days! The lives of students seem to be that of freedom; but I challenge one to deepen his or her understanding of the designated role students have today.

In the early 1900s during the Industrial Revolution, the need for workers with relative equal set skills entailed schooling to provide standardized training to be successful in this field of work. Long rows of seats facing the front of the room, chalk to write directions on the board, and a bell to signal the dismissal for the end of the day were symbols typically connected with this time. Students were expected to listen and learn, as empty jars that needed to be filled. While each of us has the capacity for lifelong learning, we must recognize that despite a number that describes our age, we all have unique experiences, creativity and insights to share.

Students sadly are still expected and even considered incapable of being creative or valuable in the Education Policy and Reform efforts so commonly taking place today. Students are going to school, living by the deliberations and consequences that have been made by people who may not fully understand what it means to be a student in the 21st century. Students see this inequity in perspective and aspire to be engaged in theseStudent Voice – Situational? Optional? Or Essential?:

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Friday, May 30, 2014

Career Pathways Trust Awardees - Year 2014 (CA Dept of Education)

State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces Award of Career Pathways Trust Grants Linking Education and Careers

Up to $15 million grant category

Up to $6 million grant category

Up to $600,000 grant category

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Zuckerberg is at it again

Zuckerberg is at it again

5-30-14 LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD

The Only Bold Choice: Parents United statement on delaying the budget vote | Parents United for Public Education

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Community Rejuvenation Muralist Desi Mundo

Community Rejuvenation Muralist Desi Mundo

5-30-14 Seattle Schools Community Forum

2014 Summer Meal Service Sites - Food Programs (CA Dept of Education)

2014 Summer Meal Service Sites

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