June 17, 2015
Delaware News
The News Journal
Freire Charter should not be in city neighborhood
Opinion by Lyn Doto, Dion Wilson, and Faith McNamara, members of the Midtown Brandywine Neighbors Association
We represent a group of Midtown Brandywine neighbors who have many concerns about the potential location of Freire Charter School, with 560 students and 50 staff members, in our small neighborhood of approximately 220 households.
WDEL
Brandywine Springs 7th graders learn entrepreneurship early on
Students at one school in the Red Clay School District are getting hands-on business experience, and the program is already receiving state recognition.
Delaware State News
Voshell new Dover High School principal
Dr. Courtney Voshell, assistant principal at Dover High School, will become principal in July, the Capital School District board of education voted Monday. In 2014, the National Association of Secondary School Principals named Dr. Voshell the National Assistant Principal of the Year.
Town Square Delaware
Teach for America wraps another great year in Delaware
Article by Laurisa Schutt, executive director of Teach For America-Delaware
Pati Candelario, a second-year Teach For America corps member at Seaford High School, was recently announced one of 16 semi-finalists selected nationally for Teach For America’s prestigious teaching award from a pool of 5,000 – a huge honor for her and on behalf of her students.
National News
Republican
State Board of Higher Education ties additional funding to graduation rates
The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education is hoping to focus attention on and increase the incentive for the state’s public colleges and universities to see that more students graduate and in a timely manner
Lexington Herald-Leader
State looks to expand programs that offer dual high school and college credit for courses
While a few hundred Kentucky students are benefitting from the tuition-free residential programs for high school juniors and seniors, Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday said he is concerned about the state’s remaining 43,000 high school students who could benefit from dual-credit programs in their home districts.
MIT News
MIT and Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation collaborate to transform teaching in the digital age
“As we transition from a national, analog, industrial economy to a global, digital information economy it is essential that all of our institutions, particularly those in education, adapt,” Woodrow Wilson Foundation President Arthur Levine said. “Through the Woodrow Wilson Academy, we seek to transform the existing model of teacher and school leader education by focusing on the competencies, content mastery, assessments, and technologies that are necessary for success.”
Inside Higher Ed
Defining competency
The U.S. Department of Education and regional accreditors are closer to being on the same page about competency-based education.
Tampa Bay Times
Teachers remain wary even as Florida eases its stance on evaluations
In their effort to tie teachers’ job evaluations to student performance, Florida lawmakers acknowledge they initially went too far. This spring, comfortable that the idea of increased accountability for teachers had taken hold, the Legislature eased up.