Education e-newsletter from State Superintendent Tony Evers (RSS version) http://dpiconnected.dpi.wi.gov en-us benson.gardner@dpi.wi.gov DPI updates budget-related pages of its website with 1) papers providing background on specific elements of the proposed state budget for 2013-2015, and 2) an expanded list of local news articles on the proposed budget's impact in Wisconsin school districts. http://dpiconnected.dpi.wi.gov/dc_may-13-2013#Article_1 Tue, 13 May 2013 15:58:00 CDT Recent news prompts State Superintendent Tony Evers to issue statement saying, “We have a tremendous opportunity to strengthen Wisconsin’s future by investing in our children and our public schools...." http://dpiconnected.dpi.wi.gov/dc_may-13-2013#Article_2 Tue, 13 May 2013 15:58:00 CDT National honors for students and teachers in Western, North-Central, Southeastern, and Southern Wisconsin. Also, Wisconsin students earn slots for both an at-large scholar and a scholar in the arts. http://dpiconnected.dpi.wi.gov/dc_may-13-2013#Article_3 Tue, 13 May 2013 15:58:00 CDT Wisconsin school districts will share $30.1 million in library aid, paid from the only state funding specifically designated for the purchase of materials for school libraries. http://dpiconnected.dpi.wi.gov/dc_may-13-2013#Article_4 Tue, 13 May 2013 15:58:00 CDT Educators who are passionate or curious about game-based learning and digital media are invited to a pre-eminent symposium -- newly re-named as part of an emerging national project. http://dpiconnected.dpi.wi.gov/dc_may-13-2013#Article_5 Tue, 13 May 2013 15:58:00 CDT State Superintendent Tony Evers’ guest editorial for Teacher Appreciation Week calls for reversing painful budget cuts. Job satisfaction was at a 25-year low in this year’s MetLife Survey of the American Teacher, Evers noted, a fact researchers attributed to the stress of slashed budgets. http://dpiconnected.dpi.wi.gov/dc_may-6-2013#Article_1 Tue, 7 May 2013 14:30:00 CDT Wisconsin honors Sargento Foods, Southwest WI Tech College, Rufus King International School, and Tre Nowaczynski. The state is one of six participating in the inaugural year of the ACT College and Career Readiness Campaign. http://dpiconnected.dpi.wi.gov/dc_may-6-2013#Article_2 Tue, 7 May 2013 14:30:00 CDT Online professional development for Wisconsin educators is the focus of the DPI’s Common Core State Standards Implementation team. http://dpiconnected.dpi.wi.gov/dc_may-6-2013#Article_3 Tue, 7 May 2013 14:30:00 CDT A Sparta High School student’s eloquent drawing is in the running to be featured as a one-day logo for the Google website. For the contest’s theme, “The Best Day Ever,” Sabrina Brady depicted the day her dad returned from Iraq. http://dpiconnected.dpi.wi.gov/dc_may-6-2013#Article_4 Tue, 7 May 2013 14:30:00 CDT Many schools are participating in National Bike to School Day on Wednesday, May 8. http://dpiconnected.dpi.wi.gov/dc_may-6-2013#Article_5 Tue, 7 May 2013 14:30:00 CDT Lisa Koenecke, a school counselor at River Bluff Middle School in Stoughton, is being honored as Educator of the Year by the Gay Straight Alliance for Safe Schools (GSAFE), a Wisconsin-based organization. http://dpiconnected.dpi.wi.gov/dc_may-6-2013#Article_6 Tue, 7 May 2013 14:30:00 CDT