November 22, 2016
Delaware News
Cape Gazette
Sussex Academy celebrates additions, national award
A new middle school wing. A brand-new pool. The very first high school graduates. This year has seen a lot of firsts for Sussex Academy, with enrollment doubling in the last 16 years and recent recognition as a National Blue Ribbon School. Sussex County’s sole charter school now boasts nearly 700 students with the addition of high school classes and a move to a larger school.
Delaware 105.9
Polls open from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. for Indian River School District referendum
For residents in the Indian River School District, today is voting day. Polls will be open from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. for voters to decide on a current expense referendum. If approved, the district says the average taxpayer would pay just over $95 more in property taxes each year to pay for textbooks, technology, school security programs and other expenses.
Delaware Public Media
Indian River School District referendum up for vote
Residents in the Indian River School District head to the polls Tuesday to vote on tax hike referendum. The district wants to increase taxes 49 cents per $100 of assessed property value to add $7.4 million to its budget. District officials say the average taxpayer’s bill will increase by about $95 a year should it pass.
Delaware State News
Pow Wow offers chance to embrace Native American culture
Galya Cooper has developed an intense interest in Native American history and culture, which isn’t surprising, considering that she has Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape and Cherokee blood flowing through her veins. That is why Ms. Cooper, a junior, cannot wait for the second annual Native Heritage Pow Wow that will take place on Saturday in Dover High School’s gymnasium from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
The Newark Post
Newark High’s Hoops for Hunger event feeds kids’ love of basketball
For the second year, the Newark High School boys basketball team and the school’s Fellowship for Christian Athletes teamed up to host a free basketball clinic for local children and at the end, donated Thanksgiving turkeys to the kids’ families.
National News
Education Week
Many students ‘stop out’ of high school, studies find
For many students, dropping out of high school isn’t the end of the line but a “stop out” along the path to a diploma, new federal and state data suggest. Of the students who entered high school in 2009, fewer than 3 percent were no longer in school when researchers from the National Center for Education Statistics’ High School Longitudinal Study checked in 2012.
Jefferson Public Radio
Oregon Governor’s Council recommends overhaul of teacher improvement efforts
A council appointed by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown recommends major changes to how the state trains and supports teachers. Research shows that the quality of teachers is the most important part of a child’s education. A new report from the Governor’s Council on Educator Advancement targets a teaching initiative that started three years ago.
KSL.com
Bill proposes reimbursing schools when students graduate early
Utah legislators are considering “reimbursing” schools for students who graduate early through a program known as competency-based education. Under a competency-based education model, a student who demonstrates mastery of a subject can advance rather than waiting to finish out the academic year or grade level.
The Hechinger Report
The tried-and-trued model of personalized learning that’s been around for 100 years
Opinion by Sara Cotner, founder and CEO of Montessori For All
Personalized learning is all the rage. And for good reason. Our world is rapidly changing, and students need a broader set of skills to lead the future — adaptability, goal-setting, critical thinking, problem-solving, executive functioning, collaboration. Many of our schools are stuck in an antiquated “factory model” mindset where everyone does the same thing at the same time in the same way, which is more aligned with preparing adults to follow directions as opposed to innovate and invent.
The New York Times
Where Donald Trump stands on school choice, student debt and common core
When it comes to predicting how President-elect Donald J. Trump’s administration will affect America’s schools and universities, education experts say they are struggling to read the tea leaves. “The fundamental issue is that nobody really knows what the Trump administration is about” on education, said Frederick M. Hess, a conservative education policy expert.