November 2016
TK program earns coveted education award

LACOE's Early Childhood Education Professional Learning Communities project, an instructional series for transitional kindergarten teachers, has won the California School Boards Association's prestigious Golden Bell Award.

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Arts festival celebrates 38 years of inclusion

Jimmy Carter was in the White House and Disco music topped the charts when the Very Special Arts Festival got its start as an  education program to benefit students of all abilities throughout Los Angeles County.

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Students can't learn if they're not in school

LACOE aims to strengthen efforts to improve school attendance, a basic element in student success, by organizing the  Student Attendance and Truancy Symposium  on Jan. 24, 2017.

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Advocate inspires youth at anti-bullying event  

Thousands of students attended the LACOE-hosted anti-bullying event Be Strong, held recently at The Forum in Inglewood.  

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New resource targets student success in arts education

A first-of-its-kind suite of tools aimed at increasing participation in arts education across the state has been launched. The result of a collaborative effort, the tools include a user-friendly dashboard for identifying arts education programs at all levels and resources for planning, evaluation and advocacy.


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Health care coverage expands for low-income students

Students enrolled in My Health LA, Kaiser Child Health Plan, Healthy Kids and Restricted Medi-Cal health care plans should be transitioned to the Full Scope Medi-Cal plan by the end of the year.

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Debra Duardo, M.S.W., Ed.D., Superintendent 

Los Angeles County Board of Education
Douglas R. Boyd, P resident
Alex Johnson, V ice President
Katie Braude, Gabriella Holt, Monte E. Perez, Thomas A. Saenz, Rebecca J. Turrentine

Produced by LACOE Communications Dept.: Frank Kwan, Director; Margo Minecki, Editor; Kostas Kalaitzidis and Nimfa Rueda, Contributing Writers; Timothy Cox, Graphic Design.

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