July 14, 2015
Delaware News
Delaware Public Media
Wilmington neighborhood assoc. sues to block new charter school
Residents in a Wilmington neighborhood have filed suit in Delaware’s Court of Chancery to stop a charter school from opening near them this fall.
Junior Achievement works to build financial literacy in kids
Financial literacy is a concept that intimidates many adults. But at Junior Achievement in Wilmington, 45 kids spent part of their summer learning about good credit and how to stick to a budget – so they’ll be ready when the time comes to manage their own money.
Techincal.ly Delaware
How two ‘data geeks’ founded an education nonprofit for low-income students
Founded in Camden by the husband-and-wife team of Atnre Alleyne and Tatiana Poladko Alleyne, TeenSHARP, a nonprofit organization dedicated to instilling a sense of community revitalization and educational empowerment in low-income and minority students, is now launching its main office in Wilmington.
A new type of charter school is coming to Wilmington
Focused on “Big Picture Learning,” the Delaware Met opens next month with a novel approach. “Everybody talks about personalized learning, but nobody does it.”
Delaware State News
Mission: Getting kids interested in science, tech, engineering and math
About 100 youths flooded the DASEF, or Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation, Environmental Outpost at Big Oak Park, just south of Smyrna, on Monday for the “4-H Summer Evening of STEM.” The event aimed to interest students in science, technology, engineering and math and show them the diverse careers available to them.
Delaware Department of Education
Delaware students excel at national career tech conferences
A press release
High-school students from across Delaware won top honors in three national Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) competitions this summer, demonstrating their dedication, leadership and skill in pursuit of future technical careers. More than 320 students and advisors from throughout the state attended national conferences in Louisville, Dallas, and Anaheim last month.
National News
The News & Observer
North Carolina to try out new public school testing strategy
About 9,000 students will take shorter, more frequent standardized tests this upcoming year. The state Board of Education is trying to determine whether a new system for evaluating academic progress will be less stressful and more productive than big end-of-grade exams for children, teachers and parents.
Hechinger Report
What’s next: Blended learning 2.0
Rhode Island is fertile ground for experimentation with technology in classrooms as it seeks to the first fully blended learning state in the nation. As such, Rhode Island’s public schools can offer lessons for other districts that are making the same transition.
New policies close off opportunities to college applicants in need of extra help
A new state policy means hundreds of New Orleans public school students are now eligible only for admission to Louisiana’s community colleges and not its four-year universities.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minnesota charter schools will be pushed to diversify
Minnesota state education officials are considering significant changes to a program intended to end racial segregation in schools and for the first time insisting that charter schools do more to diversify their classrooms.
Brookings Institute
Implementing Common Core: The problem of instructional time
In part two of his analysis of instruction and Common Core’s implementation, Loveless identifies an essential aspect of the Common Core math standards that is likely to lead to wasted instructional time.