November 9, 2016
Delaware News
ABC
John Carney elected governor of Delaware
Democratic Congressman John Carney has won the Delaware governor’s race, eight years after losing his first bid to become the state’s chief executive. Taking advantage of voter registration numbers that heavily favor Democrats, Carney defeated Republican state Sen. Colin Bonini of Dover in Tuesday’s gubernatorial contest. Carney has said job creation and economic development will be among his top priorities, along with improving Delaware’s public education system.
Rodel Blog
Instructional tech to motivate and engage students
At this year’s Colonial Technology Conference, where the focus was on blended learning, Rodel Teacher Council member Joe Evans brought his signature brand of motivational, tech-fueled energy. Evans, a math instructor and digital learning teacher at Delcastle Technical High School, presented Using Instructional Technology to Motivate and Engage Student Learners during the daylong conference.
The News Journal
Better Business Bureau offers scholarships
The Better Business Bureau’s Education Foundation is offering three scholarships totaling $7,500 to Delaware high school seniors. For the eighth consecutive year, the BBB Education Foundation will offer a $2,500 Student Ethics Scholarship to two Delaware students who personify high ethics as demonstrated through leadership, community service, overall personal integrity and academic history.
Can Delaware create a bigger K-12 education engine?
Opinion by Paul Reville, Francis Keppel Professor of Practice of Educational Policy and Administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
Are our schools capable of meeting the needs of the 21st Century? The simple answer is no. As a business leader, Massachusetts State Secretary of Education and now a professor of education at Harvard, I’ve been deeply involved in working to improve our schools for decades. Like Delaware, Massachusetts invested in high standards, real accountability, early learning and school choice.
National News
Chalkbeat
Bringing open houses in-house: How one middle school took high school admissions into its own hands
Jennifer Cuervo, the guidance counselor at New Heights Middle School in Brooklyn, noticed a glaring problem for her eighth-grade students applying to high school. When she asked them if they attended high school open houses — a crucial step in gaining priority status at many schools — the answer was too often, “Oh no, Miss, I didn’t have a way to get there,” she said. Sometimes they didn’t have a ride, she said, or the MTA fare was too steep.
Education Week
Common Core: Teach literacy in every subject
In high schools across Denver, chemistry teachers are working from a new set of lessons. The topic: “Should the United States say yes or no to nuclear power?” On their way to answering that question, students are asked to learn new scientific vocabulary and concepts, including the difference between nuclear fusion and nuclear fission.
Governing
Voters give Georgia’s plan to take over failing schools an “F”
Georgians have rejected Gov. Nathan Deal’s plan to take over chronically failing schools amid concerns that the proposal was too vague and alienated local officials. The ballot measure, which would have led to a new state agency with its own state school superintendent appointed by the governor, failed by a 3-to-2 margin. The result was largely expected as polling showed public opinion moving against the idea in recent months.
The Tennessean
Dinner program to feed more Nashville schools students
Metro Nashville Public Schools is offering dinner to students at 35 of its schools in an effort to expand free food options not often found at home. The after-school supper program is meant to combat hunger in a district that has over 73 percent of its families eligible for free and reduced lunch, district officials said. Students who participate in any Metro Schools sponsored after-school program are eligible for supper, including those hosted by NAZA and the YMCA.