February 17, 2015
Delaware News
The News Journal
We heard you; education forum date changed to March 9
To First State citizens concerned about a collision in school district referendums and our forum on improving education in Wilmington: We heard you, and we’re taking action. We’ve moved the date of our Imagine Delaware forum and education exposition at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington from Feb. 24 to March 9.
Students: we need more African-American teachers
A discussion on the black experience in Delaware gave more than a history lesson Tuesday, when three local students took to the podium to discuss issues they’ve faced at school.
Building a better life for black Delawareans: Ethnic identity and achievement in public education
H. Raye Jones Avery, executive director of Christina Cultural Arts Center Inc.
There is evidence that school settings can play important roles in students’ ethnic identity development. Adults raising children and educators can and must play vital roles in fostering our children’s positive sense of ethnic identity.
Students help hospital sort out laundry issue
A team of 15 sophomores and juniors at Concord High School received a grant of almost $10,000 through the Lemelson-InvenTeam program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is one of 15 teams across the country that received grants to create systems that will solve real-world problems.
WHYY
The Delaware school issue: Wilmington kids being taught the lesson of failure
Commentary by Rob Tornoe, WHYY contributor
How can you expect kids, some already dealing with the suffocating issues of poverty and safety, to thrive while being stuck in that sort-of negativity?
WDDE
Gov. Markell touts Pathways to Prosperity program in weekly message
Launched earlier this week, Markell’s Pathways to Prosperity program is seeking to interweave real-world experience with high school curriculums – first with computer science and hospitality opportunities.
National News
Education Week
U.S. Millennials come up short in global skills study
America’s wealthiest and best-educated young adults still lag behind their peers in other countries in the literacy, numeracy, and computer-age problem-solving skills needed to compete in the global labor market.
Business, university venture to test ed-tech products
An ambitious new commercial project aims to use the combined might of private investment and academic research to rigorously test educational technology products and share the results with schools and colleges hungry for objective information on which products best meet their needs.
The Atlantic
Suburbia and its Common Core conspiracy theories
Ultimately, the blurring between Common Core fact and fiction reveals a major flaw in the implementation of the program. No one group or individual took the lead in informing parents what the standards actually look like in the classroom and how it would affect their kids.
EduWonk
Obama weekly radio address on ESEA
After a couple of weeks of back and forth on the Hill the President used his weekly radio address to talk about Elementary And Secondary Education Act reauthorization. Suffice it to say it wasn’t a valentine for Republican leaders on the Hill.
The New York Times
Standards are at stake in a fight over schools in Arizona
An episode in Arizona, which pitted Republican against Republican, was just one example of an increasingly fractious landscape of state education politics.
The Oregonian
Oregon chief education officer ‘confident’ public education will advance under Gov. Kate Brown
Kate Brown, who will become Oregon’s governor on Wednesday, has been more engaged in education than any other Oregon secretary of state in recent history, says Chief Education Officer Nancy Golden.