April 27, 2015
Delaware News
The News Journal
Student loans: Delawareans face a rising, long-term cost of a diploma
For thousands of Delaware high school seniors, Friday is “Decision Day,” when most must pay an enrollment deposit at the college or university they will attend this fall. That modest outlay will be dwarfed by the cost of the education each of them seeks. Students who fail to consider how they’ll pay for their degree could find themselves in financial quicksand for decades.
Teachers turn to Twitter to talk tech
If you were hanging around Twitter on Thursday night, you could have watched about a dozen teachers from up and down Delaware talking shop. On Thursday, “#delachat” was the go-to place for the state’s teachers to share ideas they’ve found helpful in their classrooms.
3 schools win sustainability awards
Three Delaware schools have been named “Green Ribbon” schools by the U.S. Department of Education for efforts to become more environmentally friendly. Linden Hill Elementary, Mount Pleasant Elementary and Kirk Middle School each received the honor.
Taking responsibility for school debts
Editorial
Remember the old line about digging yourself into a hole. The first step is stop digging. Student college debt is crippling a generation. It will have long-term effect not only on the young people who the money, but on the entire economy as well.
Delaware State News
Delaware State University looks to the past as it builds toward the future
“If it wasn’t for the second Morrill Act there wouldn’t be a Delaware State University and I wouldn’t be here,” said Kyle Maull, a sophomore studying agricultural business at DSU. “It paved the way for me and other African-Americans to go to college.”
Hockessin Community News
‘Buzzy’ in the home stretch: Newest Red Clay school nears completion
Just over 18 months after construction began, the Red Clay Consolidated School District’s newest addition is nearly complete.
Dover Post
AT&T Aspire talks career choices with high school students
AT&T employees discuss job opportunities and the importance of education with high school students.
Town Square Delaware
What to do if you don’t get into your dream college
“Let go of that vision and fully embrace the school that offered admission,” said Doug Zander, UD’s deputy director of admissions. “Picture yourself as a successful and happy student on that campus, and then take the steps to make it happen.”
National News
Education Week
Districts partner to build school music programs
A school district delegation from Anaheim, Calif., traveled to Nashville, Tenn., this spring to learn what it takes to create a robust music education program.
Top principals expand reach to multiple schools
The Clark County, Nev., and Denver districts are testing a new approach to school leadership, giving successful administrators more than one school to manage.
The New York Times
Only alternative for some students sitting out standardized tests: Do nothing
With a growing number of children sitting out state tests this year, the energies of the so-called opt-out movement are now focusing not only on guaranteeing the ability of students to refuse the tests but also on what those students are allowed to do during the exams. Their targets are districts that require students to remain quietly in their classrooms and do nothing, or as opt-out advocates have labeled it, “sit and stare.”
NJ.com
N.J. schools with high PARCC opt outs could have to make changes, education commissioner says
Any New Jersey school that fails to have 95 percent of its students take the PARCC exams will be placed on a corrective action plan, and schools with especially high opt-out rates could have state funding withheld, state Education Commissioner David Hespe said.
Chalkbeat New York
As opt-out numbers grow, Arne Duncan says feds may have to step in
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said that the federal government is obligated to intervene if states fail to address the rising number of students who are boycotting mandated annual exams.