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Everything We Need to Know We Learned in Kindergarten

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July 29th, 2010

The New York Times published an explosive story regarding the unequivocal long-term benefits of high-quality education in early grades. The article highlights a study in which researchers tracked 12,000 Tennessee students participating in Project STAR from the time they entered school in the 1980s until they reached their 30s. Previously...

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Markell a Leader in Education Reform

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July 27th, 2010

Building on Delaware's Round One Race to the Top win Governor Markell continues to position Delaware as a national education leader. He recently accepted a seat on the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), which oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) or the “nation’s report card”, a rigorous...

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Performance Pay Blog Post – Part III – Challenges and Lessons Learned

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July 27th, 2010

Analysis of the education landscape reveals obstacles to be overcome in order to implement a statewide performance pay program. Fortunately, improvements to many of these challenges are underway through the RTTT plan: Teacher Evaluation: the policies for the statewide Delaware Performance Appraisal System (DPAS II) are currently under...

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