July 25, 2017
Delaware News
Cape Gazette
School resource officers learn to handle student issues
It may sound like an easy Monday through Friday job, but a local school resource officer says the job is far from that. “It’s an extremely rewarding job, and I’m a huge advocate of it,” said Georgetown Police Detective Joseph Melvin, who has worked as a school resource officer for three years at Georgetown Middle School.
Adviser: Recommendations on LGBTQ concerns need review
Two years after the Delaware Human Relations Commission released a report in 2015 recommending that Cape Henlopen administrators and students work together to resolve their differences, those recommendations need further review, says an adviser to Cape High’s Gay Straight Alliance.
Department of State
Delaware Division of the Arts announces first round of grants in support of arts projects for fiscal year 2018
The Delaware Division of the Arts is investing nearly $3 million in more than 100 arts and community organizations that will serve Delawareans statewide with arts programming and services, arts education, and arts marketing and promotion. Thirteen education-based partnerships between Delaware’s schools, arts organizations and artists that provide teacher training and standards-based arts learning experiences for pre K-12 students statewide, in alignment with the new Delaware Standards for Learning in the Visual and Performing Arts, will be funded.
The News Journal
Students asked to compete as ‘cyber protection agents’
Delaware students are being asked to take on the mantle of “cyber protection agents” this week and take part in a competition designed by the SANS Institute to test their aptitude for keeping the internet safe from hackers and other criminals. If they show enough potential, the students could qualify for scholarships and more intensive training, Gov. John Carney announced July 14.
U.S. News & World Report
A third-party perspective on education
Opinion by Jack Markell, former governor of Delaware
Long before becoming governor of Delaware, I was a recent college graduate, trying to find my niche within the business community. In those first years, I had the opportunity to work directly for a business and as a consultant, helping other businesses strengthen their practices. It is through those early experiences that I first gained an appreciation for the value of an outside perspective. Third-party validators add a fresh perspective and specialized knowledge – helping to enhance the workings of an already well-run organization and address areas of improvement that may otherwise go unnoticed. In business, third-party validators help leaders to see challenges and opportunities in new light and, at times, confront uncomfortable shortcomings.
National News
Education Week
Social-emotional-learning researchers gather input from educators
In the increasingly popular fields of student engagement, social-emotional learning, and school climate, educators and researchers sometimes feel like they are working in totally different worlds. While researchers tout long-term studies that show economic and academic benefits of such efforts, teachers say they sometimes struggle to apply the findings in classrooms.
Forbes
How generation Z is shaping the change in education
Generation Z has officially entered college. And just as the Millennials before them, this generation is disrupting the way learning happens in higher education. But these differences go beyond just a greater dependence on technology. Gen Z-ers tend to embrace social learning environments, where they can be hands-on and directly involved in the learning process.
KWCH
KS schools push students to continue education after high school
Starting in 2030, 71 percent of jobs in Kansas will require post-secondary education beyond high school. This figure is an estimate from the Kansas Department of Education. The department asks high schools across Kansas to increase the number of students who earn a post-secondary education.
Northwest Herald
Illinois governor calls another special session on education
Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday called for a second special legislative session in a month, this time after lawmakers ignored his noon deadline for sending him public education-funding legislation with just weeks before the scheduled opening of schools. Rauner issued the summons for lawmakers to return to the Capitol beginning Wednesday after he held a news conference in Chicago to accuse Democrats who control the General Assembly of holding schoolchildren “hostage” to their political agenda.
The New York Times
He called the school board racist. Now, he’s joined it.
Back when he was a member of a notorious street gang, Courtney Carson was as loyal as they come. When he heard that a confidant had flipped from the Black Stones to the rival Gangster Disciples, he rounded up some friends and confronted the defector at a high school football game. The warring sides stomped up the stadium’s concrete bleachers, taunting each other. Then someone threw a punch.