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Delaware’s Charter School Law (Still) Middle of the Pack
January 18th, 2012
According to a recently-released report by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, Delaware’s charter school law ranks 22nd out of the 42 states that allow charter schools, as measured against 20 “essential components of strong public charter school law.” This ranking is down from 18th last year, a decline largely due to being...VIEW ARTICLE
Delaware Maintains C+ Average As a Few States Pass Us By
January 17th, 2012
Delaware maintained our C+ average while falling three places from last year to 25th among states according to Education Week’s recently released Quality Counts report, which measures states’ progress across six categories (chance for success, K-12 achievement, transitions and alignment, school finance analysis, the teaching profession, and...VIEW ARTICLE
Happy 2012: Full Steam Ahead
Early Childhood Education, News
January 11th, 2012
As we take stock of 2011 and look to 2012, we ask ourselves: Are we closer to creating world-class schools for Delaware’s children? For me the answer is clearly, “yes.” In fact, if Delaware’s public school system were a train, it would be moving at full steam. Why? In 2011, the state adopted higher standards, aka the Common Core...VIEW ARTICLE