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Teacher Preparation Expanding, Policies Improving
August 11th, 2011
Nearly one-third of new teacher hires throughout America (compared to 15% in Delaware) are trained by alternative certification programs, according to a recently released report by the National Center for Alternative Certification. These programs, which bypass traditional higher education preparation routes, recruit and select talented...VIEW ARTICLE
Plugging the Summer Brain Drain
August 10th, 2011
Average American students lose approximately one month of learning in both math and reading over summer vacation, a recent RAND Corporation study finds, with low-income students losing at least two months of reading knowledge while their upper-income peers actually gain a month. However, good summer programs – those with small classes...VIEW ARTICLE
Duncan’s Decision on NCLB is the Right Call
August 9th, 2011
Secretary Duncan made the right call when he announced plans to override the centerpiece requirement of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) school accountability law that requires 100 percent proficiency in math and reading by 2014. I was working in the Washington D.C. area in 2002 when President Bush signed NCLB into law. I remember my colleagues...VIEW ARTICLE