July 7, 2015
Delaware News
Middletown Transcript
Nicole Bowe named NCC Technical School District Teacher of the Year
St. Georges Technical High School’s Nicole Bowe has been named the 2015 New Castle County Technical School District Teacher of the Year.
A native Delawarean, Bowe is an early childhood instructor at St. Georges and has been working with children for over two decades and has been with the district for five years.
WDDE
Sen. Coons visits STEM camp to fly drones
Students at FAME, the Forum to Advance Minorities in Engineering, got to watch drones fly with Senator Chris Coons at A.I. Dupont High School in Wilmington on Monday. At FAME, students learn robotics, coding and math skills to enter the job market with a leg up.
National News
Press Enterprise
CA HS exit exam may be cut
High school students may no longer have to take a test that is now required for graduation. Proposed state legislation calls for suspending the California High School Exit Exam for three years and setting up a panel to recommend whether to replace or eliminate the test.
Journal Gazette
CTE courses paying off in IN
More Hoosier students than ever are taking career and technical education courses. And that effort is getting results: a higher high school graduation rate and less remediation needed in the first year of college.
KPCC
Elementary students perform as well as AP high schoolers
A new Stanford University study reports some surprising results: fourth and fifth graders at a Palo Alto school performed on par with Advanced Placement high school students in Mandarin.
NJ.com
NJ closer to ban on K-2 standardized testing
A bill that would ban standardized testing for New Jersey students in kindergarten through second grade is heading to Gov. Chris Christie’s desk for approval. It applies to commercially developed standardized tests.
Associated Press
KS Supreme Court places hold on order
Kansas’ highest court put on hold a lower court’s order for the state to immediately increase aid to public schools by roughly $50 million but promised to move quickly to decide whether the state is distributing its money fairly.