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Settled By Two Votes: Delaware school board elections

News

March 5th, 2012

Almost a year ago, a school board race in Delaware’s Christina School District was settled by just two votes.  Had thousands of voters gone to the polls, a two-vote margin would have signaled a great race.  Rather, the vote was 326 to 324, just a paltry number of Christina’s eligible voters.  Does that mean that we don’t care about our...

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Early Learning Jobs in Delaware

Early Childhood Education, News

March 2nd, 2012

The work has begun to implement the state's early learning plan to improve quality and access, augmented by $49 million from the state's win the Early Learning Challenge -- Race to the Top. The Delaware Department of Education is now hiring positions associated with the plan. See the below descriptions for more information. Position: Education...

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A Short-term Fix: Further Analysis of Delaware’s ESEA waiver

News

March 1st, 2012

Yesterday, Delaware (along with 25 other states and DC) submitted its application for a waiver from No Child Left Behind (NCLB). We’ve covered the development of principle II (accountability) of our waiver application extensively. So now that the application has been formally submitted, let’s take a look at some of the more interesting nuances...

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