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Delaware’s Waiver Request on Educator Evaluation: We Must Fulfill our Commitments

News, Policy and Practice

July 8th, 2011

In its winning Race to the Top application, Delaware promised to implement the state regulations it passed in 2009 changing the state’s teacher, administrator, and specialist evaluation system, known as DPAS II. The planned change would finally link the evaluation of our teachers, leaders, and paraprofessionals to student growth. All of...

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Delaware Raises the Bar for Instructional Leadership

News, Policy and Practice

July 7th, 2011

When we look back forty years from now, the Delaware Leadership Project will be one of the key programs that helped move Delaware forward,” according to Governor Markell, who met with the seven aspiring principals last week as part of the program’s guest visitation day. At the event, visitors were able to see the program’s innovative...

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Financial Mismanagement Can Affect All Public Schools – Not Just Charters

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July 6th, 2011

House Bill 205 was unanimously passed last week in order to provide taxpayers greater oversight and transparency into charter school finances – mostly as a result of poor financial management among a couple Delaware charter schools.  Critics blamed charter schools and the DOE.  And while these criticisms are valid, these unfortunate...

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