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Is STEM the new CTE?
March 22nd, 2011
Hello! I’m Christy Vanderwende and a former Career & Technical Education (CTE) teacher in Delaware. My education experience and certification is focused in agriculture and science; I’ve developed curriculum and taught classes in animal, environmental, and food sciences. As a new member of the Rodel team, I was eager to return to...VIEW ARTICLE
Teacher Hiring Study Offers Lessons for Delaware
March 18th, 2011
Teachers hired after the first day of school are twice as likely to leave their school, or the teaching profession, within a year, according to a recently released study from researchers from Michigan State and Northwestern Universities. The report comes at an extremely prescient moment in Delaware, with the Senate sending Senate Bill 16 to the...VIEW ARTICLE
Is This the Year for ESEA?
March 18th, 2011
I recently became very optimistic after reading this Ed Week blog, which makes it sound like Congress may actually move forward on reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) this year. (For a quick history on ESEA and its postponed reauthorization, see our November 2010 post-election write-up.) Delaware is one year into...VIEW ARTICLE