October 5, 2016
Delaware News
Delaware State News
It’s a bird, it’s a plane … It’s Super Senator Day!
With the wide scope of activities that Sylvia Henderson and her committee have planned for Saturday’s Super Senator Day, she is sure the inaugural event will be … well, super! The first Super Senator Day promises to paint the city blue-and-white and will take place at Dover High School on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
The Dover Post
Delaware’s Teacher of the Year to be announced Oct. 25
Delaware’s Teacher of the Year award is around the corner. The 20 teachers, selected from among 9,000 public school teachers in the state, represent one of the state’s 19 school districts and a network of charter schools. The winner will be announced on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at the annual awards banquet.
The News Journal
Wilmington’s Prestige Academy to close in spring
The Prestige Academy, an all-boys charter school in Wilmington, is planning to close its doors in June. The middle school opened in 2008 and, largely because of low enrollment in recent years, will close at the end of this academic year. The state’s Department of Education put the school on probation a year ago citing enrollment numbers that were 59 percent of what was expected.
Delaware school district accused of segregation
A coalition of community activists and parents of students in the Indian River School District is suing the district in federal court, contending its leaders operate one special-education school as a “dumping ground” for African-American students who would be treated better if they were white.
National News
Denver Business Journal
Colorado workers, businesses need to be flexible to develop tomorrow’s workforce, says report
The key to success in today’s business climate in Colorado is to be flexible, and to understand that job skills will change as sectors continue to evolve. In other words, job qualifications are shifting and increasingly require high levels of technology literacy, requiring workers to have a “liquid skills mindset,” according to the 2016 Talent Pipeline Report, released Monday by the Colorado Workforce Development Council (CWDC).
Education Week
Quick mentions of desegregation, K-12 funding in V.P. debate
Vice-presidential nominees Tim Kaine and Mike Pence have long records on education. But neither of them talked very much about them in their first and only debate, at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., Tuesday. If you blinked you might have missed them, but there were a couple of quick mentions of K-12 education. Kaine, for instance, kicked off the debate by talking about school integration.
Inside Higher Ed
New study on student confusion on aid eligibility
More than half of graduating high school students who don’t complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid don’t know anything about financial aid, according to research released Monday by the National College Access Network. That finding indicates that more students would apply for and receive federal financial aid for college even without one-on-one assistance if they knew about the availability of funds to pay for college, the group said.
Las Vegas Sun
In wake of ESA ruling, funding issue looms large
The Nevada Supreme Court’s ruling last week to put the state’s controversial education savings account program on permanent hold made for some interesting political theater. Supporters of the program hailed the decision as a victory for the cause of school choice. At the same time, opponents said the ruling was key to preventing similar programs from being enacted across the country.