September 9, 2016
Delaware News
Coastal Point
District teachers get training in preventing sexual abuse
Patricia Dailey-Lewis, who heads the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children, recalls the moment the foundation was born. It was in Lewes, she said, as she and Biden walked through the seaside town in the midst of the case against one of the most notorious child abusers in United States history.
Delaware 105.9
Indian River School District will offer free financial aid workshop
The Indian River School District is partnering with $tand By Me to offer a free financial aid workshop for students and their families to promote college awareness and enrollment. The Paying for College workshop will be held September 22, at 6 p.m. at Sussex Central High School in Georgetown.
Rodel Blog
Digging Deeper: Are Delaware 11th Graders Smarter than the SAT?
The 2015-16 school year marked the first year that the SAT replaced Smarter Balanced as the statewide assessment for 11th graders—it also marked the launch of a redesigned SAT. A re-boot of the SAT gave Delaware high schools a fresh start for assessing college and career readiness among 11th graders. As the SAT scores were released, we looked at how 11th graders fared in reading, writing, and math.
The News Journal
Vague threat delays school buses Thursday in Appo
A threat called into Louis L. Redding Middle School just before dismissal Thursday was dismissed as not credible, but it caused delays in bus routes across the Appoquinimink School District. Students at the Middletown area school were kept in classrooms after the regular dismissal time while police investigated the call, according to Lilian Miles, spokeswoman for the district.
UDaily
Meaning of diversity in education
The University of Delaware’s School of Education (SOE) colloquium series begins Wednesday, Sept. 21, with a presentation on “Raising Race Questions: Whiteness, Inquiry, and Education with White In-Service Teachers” by Ali Michael, director of K-12 consulting and professional development at the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education at the University of Pennsylvania.
WDEL
Wilmington mayoral candidates–without Mayor Williams–discuss education at Rotary meeting
Seven Democratic candidates for Wilmington mayor–with incumbent Mayor Dennis Williams being a no-show–discussed a variety of topics at the Rotary Club of Wilmington’s meeting Thursday at the Hotel du Pont. Education was among the topics.
National News
Education Week
Studies flag potential downside to inclusion
One of the foundations of federal special education law is that students with disabilities should be educated “to the maximum extent appropriate” with their peers who do not have disabilities. But some researchers have recently found that young children without disabilities are negatively affected when they’re educated in the same classrooms as students with emotional and behavioral disabilities.
NPR
Screening mental health in kindergarten is way too late, experts say
When it comes to children’s brains, Rahil Briggs describes them as … sticky. “Whatever we throw, sticks. That’s why they can learn Spanish in six months when it takes us six years,” says the New York City based child psychologist, “but also why if they’re exposed to community violence, or domestic violence, it really sticks.”
Press of Atlantic City
Legislators offer bills to make college more affordable
State legislators are proposing several bills designed to make college more affordable and reduce debt for New Jersey students. On Thursday the Assembly Higher Education Committee will address bills that will forgive NJCLASS loans if the student dies. That issue was raised in a Pro Publica/NY Times story about the state program, featuring a mother who was stuck paying the student loans of her son after he was murdered.
The Atlantic
Why new vocational education isn’t reaching classrooms
At Urban Assembly Maker Academy, Principal Luke Bauer wanted to start a program in “interaction design”—a field that focuses on how users interact with products like computers and phones. But last year, when he looked into turning his vision into an official, certified career and technical education (CTE) program, he discovered that the idea didn’t fit into any of the typical categories approved by the state of New York.
89.3 KPCC
Big changes ahead for how California assesses school performance
For many years in California, The Academic Performance Index was the measure for school performance until it was suspended two years ago. This week, the State Board of Education will begin rolling out a new school accountability system that will drastically change the way schools and districts are evaluated.