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2011 AYP Ratings Released: A Short Reprieve, But Urgency Still Needed

News

August 29th, 2011

The 2010-2011 AYP ratings were released Friday, and my wife and I were a bit surprised to see that a remarkable number of schools earned a “Superior” or “Commendable” rating.  In fact, the number of schools ranked “Superior” went from 66 in 2010, to 137 in 2011.  That means that close to 67% of the state’s 205 schools received a...

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Rethinking Professional Development

Policy and Practice

August 25th, 2011

I’ll be honest—during my teacher tenure I didn’t always pay attention in professional development sessions. I either lesson planned, graded papers, or focused my efforts on the million and a half other things I needed to do yesterday. That’s why I had to pause when I saw several million dollars of Race to the Top funding going towards...

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“Baby Race to the Top” Application Released

Early Childhood Education, News, Policy and Practice

August 23rd, 2011

Today the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services released the Application for Initial Funding for the $500 million Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) Grant, of which Delaware is eligible for up to $50 million.  The Early Learning Challenge is organized around five selection criteria:           A...

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