January 28, 2015
Delaware News
The News Journal
Bill would halt Wilmington charter school applications
The state would not consider any new charter school applications in Wilmington until June 30, 2017, under a bill proposed in the General Assembly on Tuesday.
Red Clay approves plans for Priority Schools
Shortlidge and Warner Elementary Schools will be changed into a “community campus” model after the Red Clay School Board approved plans for each of its three “Priority Schools” Tuesday night. Instead of both schools serving grades K-5, the two schools will be specialized. Shortlidge will serve grades K-2, while Warner will serve grade 3-5.
WDDE
Legislation seeks to freeze creation of new charter schools
The short-term future of charter schools in Wilmington could be in question as some state lawmakers are trying to place a two-year moratorium on any new charters.
WDEL
Delaware’s youngest CEO takes ‘100 Men Reading’ program national
Thirteen-year-old Imani Henry of Wilmington founded the 100 Men Reading program three years ago.
National News
Education Week
Differentiated instruction: A primer
“Differentiated instruction”—the process of identifying students’ individual learning strengths, needs, and interests and adapting lessons to match them—has become a popular approach to helping diverse students learn together. But the field of education is filled with varied and often conflicting definitions of what the practice looks like.
KIPP principal training rooted in ‘real-world’ practice
With the same focus and intensity that KIPP, or the Knowledge Is Power Program, applies to expanding its schools and improving achievement, it has developed a comprehensive leadership-training program that has become sought after by other charter networks and regular school districts.
The Huffington Post
John Kasich calls out conservatives who oppose Common Core
Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) on Sunday criticized Republicans who have attacked Common Core education standards and said that their opposition has more to do with politics than substance.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Bid to hold teacher colleges accountable stirs a debate over race
As Congress debates whether to scale back testing at the nation’s elementary and secondary schools, a quieter fight is playing out behind the scenes over efforts to extend test-based accountability to the country’s teacher colleges.
The Hechinger Report
Debunking one myth about U.S. teachers
Column by Jill Barshay
New papers suggest that U.S. teacher quality never declined as badly as an oft-cited 2010 report said.
Chalkbeat Indiana
Proposal: Let test scores count for up to 50 percent of teacher evaluations
Student test scores could account for as much as 50 percent of teachers’ performance evaluation ratings under a proposal the Indiana State Board of Education is expected to consider next week.