August 27, 2015

Delaware News

The Beacon
Long journey begins final lap: Milford superintendent Kohel says this will be her last year
No great fanfare or speeches were made about Superintendent Phyllis Kohel at Milford School District board meeting Monday night. But not for lack of news. The back of a single-sheet addendum to the meeting agenda revealed that Kohel will be retiring effective June 30, 2016. It was 32 years of service summed up in just five quick lines.

Newsworks
Delaware school nurses to carry overdose-reversing drug naloxone
Starting in September, nurses at Delaware’s public high schools will have access to naloxone, a drug that reverses the effects of and overdose, in order to save young lives if an overdose occurs.

Delaware Public Media
Newark teacher brings advanced STEM lessons home from Space Camp
A Delaware teacher just got back from Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. Jenny Rovner spent a week learning about cutting edge STEM techniques to pass on to her students at Wilson Elementary School in Newark.

National News

The Brookings Institution
Waiver politics dominate in the absence of ESEA reauthorization
Wong analyzes to what extent states that have received NCLB waivers are truly implementing the Obama administration’s education agenda.

Who would use income share agreements to pay for college?
In response to concerns over the rising price of college and increasing amounts of student loan debt, the Obama Administration has worked to expand income-based repayment programs for those with federal student loans.

The Washington Post
ACT’s college admission testing grows, but scores stagnate
The ACT, the nation’s most widely used college admission test, continues to expand its reach in Maryland, Virginia and several other states where the SAT’s dominance was long unchallenged. But results released Wednesday show that ACT scores across the country are stagnating.

Politico New York
Education commissioner begins plan to combat opt outs
Education commissioner MaryEllen Elia already has begun a battle to stop the rapidly growing opt-out movement before next year’s state tests, reaching out to department attorneys and meeting with superintendents, she told POLITICO New York.

Providence Journal
R.I. high school graduation requirements may get second look
The state’s new commissioner of public education said he is open to the possibility of using something other than a state test as a high school graduation requirement.