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Three Big PreK-12 Proposals

February 15th, 2013

Author: Matthew Korobkin

On Tuesday night, President Obama’s State of the Union Address focused on growing America’s middle-class.  This growth, he argued, can only occur if citizens have access to education and training for today’s jobs.  In his speech, the President offered three sweeping proposals to improve PreK-12 education, even beyond the Race to the Top...

February 13, 2013

February 13th, 2013

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Local News The Middletown Transcript Real Men Read returns for a fifth year Real Men Read is a district-wide effort to get male students more excited about reading. Boys should come to Real Men Read because it totally rocks!" Payne, the Appoquinimink High School librarian said. "We know that boys are still behind when it comes to reading," she...

January 11, 2013

January 11th, 2013

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Local News Delaware Department of Education Delaware Educator Winter 2012-2013 issue of DDOE newsletter National News Education Week New science-standards draft includes many changes A second and final public draft of common standards aimed at reshaping K-12 science education was released today for comment, following eight months of review and...

December 28, 2012

December 28th, 2012

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Local News New monthly e-publication by Office of Early Learning The Office of Early Learning has launched a monthly, new e-publication to support the early learning initiative. See the December 2012 newsletter here. The News Journal 3 charter schools won’t open in 2013 Three new charter schools have opted not to begin classes next year, citing...