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Education Heating Up in the Delaware Legislature
May 7th, 2012
After an evening hearing on charter schools last Tuesday, the House Education Committee tackled HB 317, which will authorize a statewide Kindergarten readiness tool, and HB 273, which would require all high school students to take financial literacy coursework. Both were tabled for future discussion, and this week’s agenda also includes HB...VIEW ARTICLE
Voting in Tomorrow’s School Board Elections is What’s Most Important
May 7th, 2012
Delaware’s school board elections scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, May 8, have generated a lot more attention than in the past and my hope is that a lot more people go to the polls and vote (10am-8pm). Our foundation’s mission is to help Delaware create world-class schools. To that end, we worked with hundreds of parents, teachers, and...VIEW ARTICLE
The Flattening World of Education: The launch of edX
May 4th, 2012
Thomas Friedman famously opined that the world is flattening as providers of commerce gain equal footing in an increasingly globalized world. Leaving aside the positive and negative consequences of this reality, it appears that these forces are slowly moving into the education sphere, as evidenced by the recent launch of edX. The effort...VIEW ARTICLE