March 31, 2015
Delaware News
The News Journal
Delawareans benefit when higher ed schools collaborate
Special to The News Journal by Mark T. Brainard, president of Delaware Technical Community College; Patrick T. Harker, president of University of Delaware; and Harry L. Williams is president of Delaware State University.
Delaware’s economic growth also depends on quality education – degree and short-term training programs that deliver a job-ready workforce. Providing research and education that supports the unique needs of our state requires collaboration among our three institutions, as well as with government, nonprofits and businesses.
Pilot would test more flexible school funding
School leaders say the program, if successful, could let them put more resources directly in the classroom and make smarter decisions
Odyssey of the Mind state finals test kids’ creativity
Think of it like the state championships, but for creativity and problem solving instead of sports. The Odyssey of the Mind state tournament brought 124 teams of students in grades 3-12 from all over the state to a sprawling competition venue spanning four different buildings at the University of Delaware on Saturday.
National News
The Hechinger Report
What if a high school diploma guaranteed a highly paid job?
As a movement to reform high school gains momentum around the country, vocational education is being revived. New models are seeking to change the reputation of career and technical classes as dumping grounds for the students who can’t make it in the academic track.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Deal’s school takeover plan heads to ballots after another tight vote
A plan to give the governor’s office sweeping new powers to take over failing Georgia schools will land on ballots next year after surviving a second razor-thin legislative vote Wednesday despite criticism that it gives the state too much control over local classrooms.
Education Week
Employers are integral to career-tech programs
The rapidly changing job market and the new wave of career programs taking hold in schools are offering up a new challenge for educators: how to form deeper, longer-term relationships with employers in their communities.
Helping educators overcome ‘initiative fatigue’
Commentary by Charlotte Danielson
I wanted to hear directly from practitioners: What are they struggling with in their adoption of and alignment to the common core in terms of their instruction and understanding of the standards? To answer this and other questions, I worked with a team of independent educational researchers to engage more than 500 educators, including teachers and principals, from March 2013 to June 2014.
MassLive
$75 million sought to promote innovative education programs in Springfield, other communities
Citing an urgent need for a college educated workforce in the Bay State, a new coalition formed by Boston-based MassINC is lobbying the Statehouse for a $75 million state budget item to fund innovative programs in high-needs communities such as Springfield.
The Washington Post
Making time for kids? Study says quality trumps quantity
Though American parents are with their children more than any parents in the world, many feel guilty because they don’t believe it’s enough. That’s because there’s a widespread cultural assumption that the time parents, particularly mothers, spend with children is key to ensuring a bright future. Now groundbreaking new research upends that conventional wisdom and finds that that isn’t the case. At all.