August 19, 2014
Local News
Milford Beacon
Milford School District considers new plan of action regarding referendum requests
The Milford School Board is considering a new direction regarding a pending fall referendum, with the possible option of building a new high school added to a requested current expense tax increase.
The News Journal
Teacher surprised with classroom makeover
Omeka Mumford, who has been teaching kindergarten for 20 years at Warner Elementary School, was surprised with a classroom makeover on her first day back.
Peek into brain shows how kids learn math skills
Healthy children start making the switch between counting to what’s called fact retrieval when they’re 8 years old to 9 years old, when they’re still working on fundamental addition and subtraction. How well kids make that shift to memory-based problem-solving is known to predict their ultimate math achievement.
10 things children should know for school
Here’s what parents, day care providers and teachers throughout Delaware say a child should know, or at least what would be helpful, before that child starts school.
Sussex County Post
Indian River School District hosting school choice information sessions
The Indian River School District will host a special public information session regarding school choice on Monday, Aug. 25 at Sussex Central High School.
National News
USA Today
What the U.S. could learn from the Polish education system
With the U.S. trying to fix its lagging educational system, it might just learn a thing or two from Poland, which in the past decade has moved sharply forward from the rear of the international pack.
Detroit Free Press
Thousands of kids to get better start in kindergarten
Michigan’s big investment in a state-funded preschool program will give thousands of additional children a shot at a better start to their education this coming school year.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Can universities use data to fix what ails the lecture?
In a culture of accountability, some professors call on technology to collect information about student participation in the classroom.
Education Week
Common-Core math textbooks to get online ratings
A new group billing itself as a “Consumer Reports for school materials” will soon begin posting free online reviews of major textbooks and curricula that purport to be aligned to the Common Core.
Districts weigh student retention with stigma of being ‘Held-Back’
Many districts, including Los Angeles Unified, are not on board with a national push to end social promotion, and instead use mastery of material to determine whether students should move to the next grade.
Inside Higher Ed
The benefits of multi-state sharing
Reports released by WICHE’s Multistate Longitudinal Data Exchange found that four states’ sharing of data on college and workforce outcomes improved their understanding of how their citizens fared after high school.