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Delaware’s ESEA Waiver Approved
June 1st, 2012
Earlier this week the US Department of Education (USED) announced the approval of Delaware’s ESEA waiver. Delaware’s Department of Education (DDOE) submitted its application for a waiver earlier in February (along with 26 others) and was one of eight applications that were approved, joining 11 applications approved in an earlier round...VIEW ARTICLE
Bring Out the Game Film!
May 25th, 2012
A while back, I watched one of the sessions coach John Gruden conducted with then NFL quarterback prospect Andrew Luck in which they dissected game film and I got to thinking: Why don’t we do this as educators? For sports, this makes sense - we all know that football and basketball are games of inches where teams practice more than they play in...VIEW ARTICLE
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