October 7, 2016
Delaware News
Delaware Public Media
Charter schools’ lawsuit result of years of frustration, lack of transparency
Fifteen Delaware charter schools are suing the Christina School District and the Delaware Department of Education over what they say is an unfair distribution of funding. But tension between Delaware charter schools and the Christina School District is not new.
Sussex County Post
Tech’s Raven Nation band director tuned to motivation
At some point and with admitted reluctance, Sussex Technical High School band director Ian Kenney says he will someday pass the baton from his drum major days at Wallenpaupack High School. “Who is going to be that next band director?” says Mr. Kenney.
The News Journal
Four win top math-science awards
Four Delaware teachers, two from one school district, have been honored with Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Robin Corrozi and Kristin Gray, both math teachers in Cape Henlopen School District, and John Scali, a science teacher at the MOT Charter High School and Kimberly Simmons, a kindergarten teacher at East Dover Elementary, were selected.
National News
Education Week
New teachers make up a significant segment of profession
Everybody involved in K-12 education knows that new teachers tend to need a lot of extra support. What they may not fully grasp, however, is just how many new teachers are out there. As a segment of the total U.S. teaching force, their representation appears to be considerable.
The Atlantic
Where childcare is an economic engine
At the end of a long day of work at a small sports-marketing firm in Atlanta, a very pregnant Micki Velmer is driving to pick up her 3-year-old son, Burke, from childcare when her car overheats and breaks down. Velmer’s husband, Jason, soon swings by to get her and then get both of them to the Frazer Center before it closes and starts charging late fees. Still, Velmer is uneasy.
The 74 Million
How Denver Is tackling the ‘Invisible Tax’ on black educators
When Allen Smith was a senior at George Washington High School in Denver in the 1980s, he participated in a panel discussion about how the urban school system could better serve students of color. Smith said he thought the district could hire more black teachers. He was thinking about people like his football coach, who instilled in him the value of doing his best to help others.
WBIR
State may drop some TN history from classroom
Proposed changes to the Tennessee social studies curriculum would remove some key moments in Tennessee history from the classroom. Those include certain Civil War battles and figures, part of the Tennessee women’s suffrage movement, author Alex Haley and his novel “Roots” and other events during the Civil Rights Movement. This comes as the state Board of Education is looking to revise its social studies standards.
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