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Grading Schools On…Creativity?

News

February 17th, 2012

In our global economy, businesses are placing an ever-increasing premium on the ability to problem-solve and innovate. When educators in academically top-performing countries like South Korea and Finland gather, they talk about one thing: how better to foster creativity—often, in fact, looking to the U.S. for ideas. Yet even as countries abroad...

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Two Delaware Charter Schools Renewed…with Conditions

News

February 17th, 2012

On Thursday, the State Board of Education approved charter school renewals for the Academy of Dover and Prestige Academy with potentially strict, but, as yet, undefined conditions related to student performance and financial management. These conditions will be promulgated over the next month in new regulations that would supplement or replace an...

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The R-E-S-P-E-C-T Project

News, Policy and Practice

February 16th, 2012

Tucked away in President Obama’s $3.8 trillion federal budget was a $5 billion competitive grant program aimed at elevating the teaching profession to its rightful status - which could have significant and long-lasting effects on teacher quality throughout the United States. The fund, called the RESPECT Project (Recognizing Educational Success...

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