April 16, 2015
Delaware News
Dover Post
Wesley program pairs high-needs schools, aspiring teachers
Wesley program hopes to match K-12 students with college students that have similar backgrounds. It is aimed at increasing the retention rate of teachers at high-needs schools.
The News Journal
Conrad alumni to school board: Keep Redskins mascot
A group of alumni and supporters of Conrad High School urged the Red Clay school board on Wednesday not to retire the school’s mascot, the Redskin, saying it was a proud, decades-old tradition that honored the spirit of Native Americans.
Delaware Department of Education
Skilled Delaware students excel at awards ceremony
A press release
On April 1, nearly 900 students, advisors, sponsors, judges, and parents from technical schools throughout the State of Delaware gathered at the 2015 Delaware SkillsUSA Grand Awards Ceremony which was held at the Modern Maturity Center in Dover. A total of 885 students participated in 63 competitive events for which the top medalists were recognized for their outstanding achievement.
National News
U.S. News and World Report
End the education wars
Opinion by Frederick M. Hess, director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
Casual observers can be forgiven for wondering why the push to improve America’s schools looks like a World War I battlefield. Reform advocates blast schools as failing and call for a raft of remedies, from teacher evaluation to charter schooling. Teachers react defensively, condemning these proposals as an attack on schooling and their profession. Who’s right?
Northern Star
New Illinois education chief is urban school reform leader
The Illinois State Board of Education moved unanimously Wednesday afternoon to make a leadership change, replacing one of the nation’s longest-serving superintendents with a former professional football player who spent recent years at the helm of a high poverty, urban district in California that faced a multi-million dollar deficit.
The Times-Picayune
Long review of Common Core approved by Louisiana education board
The Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education laid out a prolonged plan to edit the national Common Core academic standards Tuesday (April 14) in an atmosphere thick with political tension. The board approved Superintendent John White’s proposal in committee and is expected to endorse the vote Wednesday.
New America EdCentral
The power of one-on-one tutoring in early literacy
MDRC researchers found that the Reading Partners program has a positive impact on three different measures of reading proficiency: reading comprehension, sight word efficiency, and fluency.
Education Week
States pitch changes as they seek NCLB waiver renewals
Even as Congress wrestles to rewrite the No Child Left Behind Act, the Obama administration has one last clear opportunity to put its stamp on the outdated law before leaving office in early 2017: renewals of NCLB waivers, which could last through the 2018-19 school year.