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Race to the Top District Competition Announced
May 23rd, 2012
Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the next bold incentive for comprehensive education reform: the Race to the Top District competition (RTT-D). $400 million in grants will be awarded to locally targeted improvements in teaching and learning that will directly improve student achievement and teacher effectiveness. ...VIEW ARTICLE
Adding an “A” to STEM Education
May 21st, 2012
This blog post is an extended letter to the editor that was published in The News Journal. Dori Jacobson, our Senior Vice President, is a member of the Board of Overseers of Delaware College of Art and Design. In his memoir, Apple’s co-founder Steve Wozniak said, “Most inventors and engineers I’ve met are like me ... they live in their...VIEW ARTICLE
Delaware Welcomes Two New Charter Schools
May 17th, 2012
After a rather eventful year for charter schools, Delaware can look forward to welcoming two new additions in 2013. Last week, the state board of education approved two new charter school applications: Academia Antonia Alonso and Early College High School at Delaware State University. Another charter school, First State Montessori Academy, was...VIEW ARTICLE