July 13, 2015
Delaware News
The News Journal
Delaware-funded Indian girls’ school empowers society’s weakest
Launched in 2000 by a retired DuPont executive and supported by Delaware donors and volunteers, the kindergarten-12 school complex in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh promotes the idea that with enlightened women come enlightened families, and, eventually, enlightened villages.
Do student loans drive up tuition?
Editorial
This is a hotly contested issue. Colleges and universities deny the connection between the federal money and rising tuition. They also blame state governments for not providing as much aid as they once did.
Delaware Public Media
Financial literacy efforts the focus of Gov. Markell’s weekly message
Markell cites a recently announced $220,000 grant for nonprofits to educate families in how to save, budget and invest. He says a similar grant facilitated financial literacy help for 38,000 Delawareans last year.
Smyrna Clayton Sun-Times
Educating the next generation of scientists
Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation seeks donations to finish science center near Smyrna.
National News
The Hill
GOP senator: Let states fix No Child Left Behind
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) on Saturday said giving states power over their education systems could fix the No Child Left Behind bill. Alexander said in the GOP’s weekly address: “Continue the law’s important measurements of academic progress of students but restore to states, school districts, classroom teachers and parents the responsibility for deciding what to do about improving student achievement.”
Asbury Park Press
NJ Common Core changes might not go far
Just five years after signing on to adopt the Common Core State Standards, New Jersey officials are unceremoniously signing out. Bowing to political pressure, the state is now reversing course and reverting to a not-so-distant past when New Jersey educators set their own academic bar. A six-month review of the existing standards for math, English and language arts commenced Wednesday, with an aim toward putting a New Jersey stamp on new standards.
Education Week
Common-Core materials penetrate every state
As states continue to draw lines in the sand about whether or not they have adopted the Common Core State Standards, there’s some evidence the new benchmarks have crept into classrooms in all states—mainly through instructional materials.
Legislators call for special session to talk education funds
Several Republican state lawmakers are pushing for a special legislative session to address education funding and the teacher shortage in South Dakota, but GOP leaders say it’s unlikely to happen.
Associated Press
Gov. Inslee signs early learning quality, tuition cut bills
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed bills to help kids on both ends of the education spectrum: a comprehensive new early learning bill and a measure that will cut college and university tuition.