Superintendent's op-ed looks at needs of vulnerable students

Collaboration is key to ensuring school success for students in foster care and those experiencing homelessness, writes LACOE Superintendent Debra Duardo in commentary published in L.A. School Report. (Shown here with former foster youth Jaci.)

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Court Schools featured on PBS

Get an inside look at LACOE's award-winning Road To Success Academies for incarcerated youth currently featured on the KVIE PBS television series Inside California Education.

Event focuses on homeless, foster youth

The voices and views of foster and homeless youth were in the spotlight at LACOE's "Piecing it Together" symposium. The annual event is organized to promote collaborative solutions to meeting the needs of the more than 100,000 of these youth in L.A. County.

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'Mathletes' have a field day

Number lovers from throughout L.A. County gathered recently to test their skills and earn medals at LACOE's Math Field Day competition, which for the first time included a high school-level component.

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Building a bridge to kindergarten

The transition from preschool to kindergarten looks a little less daunting thanks to the first-ever symposium organized by LACOE to build a countywide system to support children and families as they move from Head Start to K-12.
Event features best practices to address chronic truancy

School Attendance Review Boards play a vital role in helping students and families address absenteeism. Model SARBs presented their award-winning approaches at a recent event organized by LACOE Student Support Services.

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Summit on educational equity

LACOE and the Association of California School Administrators have joined together to present an event that will explore pathways to achieving educational equity. The Sept. 24 summit in Alhambra will feature former U.S. Secretary of Education John King as keynote speaker.

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Local student is top scorer in national scholastic contest

Congratulations to Katie Wu of Beverly Hills HS for achieving the highest score in the national Academic Decathlon Online Individual Competition. Wu earned the second highest score in the county-level competition, in which the Beverly Hill HS team took third place.

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Court School educator honored

Barbara Kennison, a LACOE teacher at the Central Juvenile Hall School in L.A., has been recognized by State Superintendent Tony Thurmond as a nominee for the 2019 Juvenile Court, Community and Alternative Schools Administrators of California Teacher of the Year award.

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Nominations open for leadership award

The L.A. County Superintendent of the Year award pays tribute to the talent and vision of our school district leaders. Nominations are being sought from among the county's 80 districts. Deadline to submit candidates is Sept. 6.

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

Los Angeles County Board of Education
Thomas A. Saenz,  President
James Cross, Vice President
Douglas R. Boyd, Alex Johnson, Gregory McGinity, Candace Bond McKeever, Monte E. Perez

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