July 15, 2016
Delaware News
Department of Education
Department of Education to hold public hearings on regulations
Press Release
The Delaware Department of Education will be holding three public hearings in August to collect public comment on certain regulations. In accordance with HB 147 of the 148th General Assembly, the Delaware Department of Education seeks public input on education-related regulations that are four years or older to determine if they should be modified or eliminated.
Rodel Blog
USA Fund Grant Could Ease Remediation Burden for Students
Blog post by Jenna Bucsak, senior program officer at the Rodel Foundation of Delaware
Every August, college freshmen arrive on campus feeling nervous about finding their way in a sea of strangers. Add on the stress of financing a degree, and the first semester of college is no walk in the park. Imagine being told amidst this transition, that you are required to take a remedial course.
The News Journal
Ag Lab teaches Delaware kids what’s in their lunch box
Summer campers with the Smyrna Boys and Girls Club had a serious question to grapple with on Wednesday when the Delaware Farm Bureau’s mobile agricultural education classroom came for a visit: How did that get in my lunchbox? It’s one of the many lessons the mobile classroom, known as the “Ag Lab,” hopes to teach kids, along with dispelling myths about farming, showing how to garden and giving healthy eating tips. All lessons are free.
National News
Chalkbeat
The basics of Mike Pence on education: A battle for control
Just more than a year into his term, Gov. Mike Pence took a rare and risky step by surprising the Senate Education Committee by personally testifying for a preschool bill he was pushing. The bill, to create a small preschool pilot program in five counties, was Pence’s top education priority. He knew several fellow Republicans were strongly opposed and that the bill was likely to be defeated by the committee.
NJ Spotlight
No Fast Fixes for New Jersey’s Deeply Flawed School Funding
The Christie proposal is also complicating a new effort led by state Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Senate Education chair Teresa Ruiz to reform the school-funding formula, which was developed eight years ago but never fully implemented. Christie is calling for sending districts a flat $6,599 in state aid for every pupil, without additional help for poor districts.
The Brookings Institution
Accelerating progress in education with hands-on, minds-on learning
Providing children with the breadth of skills they need to become healthy and active members of society requires the kind of learning that cultivates empathy, fosters resilience, encourages creativity, and promotes cognitive processing. Research shows that learning happens best when it is done in a way that is practical, relevant, and engaging—rather than theoretical and decontextualized—and that learning happens everywhere, anytime.
The Tennessean
Nashville teachers get new pay schedule and more money
Metro Nashville Public Schools unveiled the details of its new teacher pay scale on Tuesday after years of having a flat pay for teachers with less than 5 years of experience. The changes create a tier system for teachers as they progress along their careers with Metro Schools. It will also give a boost to teachers with five to 10 years of experience.
The Washington Post
Hogan taps high school senior to serve on Maryland board of education
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has tapped a teenager from Silver Spring to be the new student member of the Maryland State Board of Education, the first student from Montgomery County to serve on the board in two decades. David Edimo, a rising senior at Richard Montgomery High School, was one of two finalists the Maryland Association of Student Councils put forward for selection.