August 28, 2015
Delaware News
Associated Press
Delaware lawmakers eye budget vote procedures
The budget bill traditionally has been treated as needing only a simple majority, even though Delaware’s constitution requires a three-fourths vote to appropriate public money to any corporation. Two corporations receiving money in the budget bill every year are the University of Delaware and Delaware State University. Charter schools, meanwhile, are corporations that are funded through the education department’s budget.
Delaware 105.9 FM News
Cape School Board discusses district’s pending major capital requests
Director of Administrative Services Brian Bassett says the estimates for Love Creek Elementary and other major projects have been submitted to the Delaware Department of Education and negotiations are underway. A final decision is likely in October.
Delaware Department of Health and Social Services
Delaware’s Oct. 21 Disability Mentoring Day to expand statewide
Press release
In a sign of the increasing interest in employment opportunities for young people with disabilities, Delaware’s Disability Mentoring Day for the first time this year will expand to host sites in each of the three counties for a day of job networking and discovering careers. Disability Mentoring Day, which is held each October during National Disability Employment Awareness Month, will be on Oct. 21 this year.
The News Journal
Sussex Tech to seek state approval for new buildings
Sussex Technical School District intends to apply this month to obtain a certificate of necessity from the state Department of Education to build a new high school, completely renovate its current school or do a mix of renovation and new construction.
Technical.ly Delaware
How the Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware is bridging the digital divide
The nonprofit’s STEAM Initiative is comprised of a stacked spread of programs that expose students to vital new resources — while encouraging entrepreneurship.
National News
NPR
Knock knock, teacher’s here: The power of home visits
There was a time when a teacher showing up on a student’s doorstep probably meant something bad. But increasingly, home visits are being used to spark parental involvement.
Study tracks vast racial gap in school discipline in 13 southern states
For years there has been mounting evidence that U.S. schools suspend and expel African-American students at higher rates than white students. A new study by the University of Pennsylvania singles out 13 Southern states where the problem is most dire.
The Sacramento Bee
Jerry Brown grants exit exam reprieve to California high school seniors
Thousands of students left in limbo by the cancellation of California’s required high school exit exam will be able to graduate after all. On Wednesday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 725, suspending the test for the class of 2015 and allowing students who’ve fulfilled all other graduation requirements to receive their diplomas.
Politico Florida
Lawmakers look to ditch state exams, adopt national tests
Some lawmakers hope to ditch Florida’s controversial new state exams by requiring the Department of Education to instead administer existing national exams, like the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills or the SAT college entrance exam.
ABC News
Iowa teachers start school year with ‘One More Day’ flash mob
Teachers in Iowa are starting the new school year as social media superstars thanks to a flash mob performance they spent the summer rehearsing.