October 16, 2013
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State names award-winning schools
The state gave 17 schools its top academic honor Tuesday, rewarding them for either top performance or growth on test scores. Each school will get $50,000 to be used as it sees fit. “This is one of my favorite days of the year in this job,” Lt. Gov. Matt Denn said at Carrie Downie...
September 18, 2013
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Markell to announce plan to enroll more Delaware students in college
State officials will unveil today a new effort to help more students identified as “college-ready” to enroll in universities or colleges. Gov. Jack Markell, Secretary of Education Mark Murphy, and College Board President David Coleman will announce...
September 17, 2013
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Opinions sought on school systems
A group of “concerned citizens” wants to personally survey at least 5,000 Delawareans in an effort to put their thoughts on education issues in front of state leaders. “There are so many things happening in education right now, and there’s so much momentum,” said Rod Ward, who...
Preparing Delaware’s Youngest Learners for Success
We are publishing a blog series about themes to be discussed at the upcoming Vision 2015 conference on Delaware public education to be held on October 9. Every Friday leading up to the event, we will feature a blog post authored by a different conference panelist. Today is the first day of the series, with this post written by Harriet Dichter...