July 31, 2015

July 31st, 2015

Category: News

Delaware News

Dover Post
Capital district adjusting to Title I cuts
Capital School District officials are dealing with a significant cut in Title IA funding. The cuts, highlighted in the preliminary budget in June, surprised some educators. Title I funding is awarded to a district based on the number of students in poverty. Director of Elementary Instruction Pam Herrera oversees Title I for the district. She said this was an unexpected cut of $330,000.

The News Journal
Christina board to discuss superintendent’s performance
The Christina school board will discuss the “competency and abilities” of the district’s superintendent, Freeman Williams, in a closed-door meeting Tuesday. Board President Harrie Ellen Minnehan said she called the meeting only because the board will soon be evaluating Williams’ performance and she wants to make sure members have enough time to get all the work done.

Cape Gazette
Rehoboth elementary teacher gets surprise boost
Rehoboth Elementary School teacher Tiffany Hart was speechless when she saw her request for extra school supplies was met. Horace Mann Educators Corporation donated nearly $600 through DonorsChoose.org.

Milford Beacon
School Resource Officers will return to Milford schools for upcoming school year
The Milford School District has announced that there will be a continued presence of School Resource Officers (SRO) in the schools for the 2015-’16 school year. Although the district had considered eliminating the SRO positions due to financial concerns, the City of Milford and the district worked together and found a solution that allowed the three officers to maintain their SRO status.

National News

The New York Times
Bloomberg is no longer mayor, but his schools agenda thrives in Albany
Former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has been out of office for a year and a half, but a group devoted to continuing his education agenda and founded in part by his longtime schools chancellor has become one of the most powerful forces in Albany. The organization, StudentsFirstNY, and another group with a similar focus called Families for Excellent Schools have formed a counterweight to teachers’ unions, long among the top spenders in the state capital.

Education Week
Comedy duo Key and Peele: Why not treat teachers like pro athletes?
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, stars of their own Comedy Central sketch show, have released a video asking an important question: Why don’t teachers get the same level of glory as professional athletes?

Wyoming Public Radio
WDE survey: Teachers struggle with transition to Common Core
Three years after Wyoming adopted the Common Core State Standards for English language arts and math, schools here are still struggling to teach to the new standards, according to a survey.

The Washington Post
Defending the SAT
Opinion by Charles Lane, writer for The Washington Post.
The current movement to dethrone the SAT fits into a long-running American argument over how to define academic “merit,” and how much weight to assign it in granting admission to institutions of higher learning whose purpose is to produce “leaders” as well as scholars.

The Boston Globe
Lawmakers override Baker’s education funding vetoes
State lawmakers voted by wide margins Wednesday to restore millions of dollars in education funding vetoed by Governor Charlie Baker. The Legislature added $5.25 million back to the University of Massachusetts budget, reinstated $217,000 in funding for Quinsigamond Community College, and restored $17.6 million in kindergarten grants.




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