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Delaware Makes National Headlines for High-Quality Instructional Materials

July 28th, 2021

Author: Kelsey Mensch

Four Delaware Districts Become National Stars Four local districts—Seaford, Cape Henlopen, Brandywine, and Red Clay—received some national kudos this summer. Knowledge Matters, a nationwide issue campaign, is spotlighting districts across the country they consider superstars when it comes to high-quality instructional materials...

‘Collegiate’ Hubs for Teachers-in-Training Coming to Delaware Campuses

July 21st, 2021

Author: Kim Lopez

Delaware continues to grapple with two historic challenges when it comes to its teacher workforce. First, there are simply not enough teachers to keep pace with projected student growth. And second, the teachers that are in the classrooms and educator prep programs do not look like the students they serve. Teacher diversity, or the lack...

“I’m Proof That it Works.” Talking Teacher Residencies with Tameka Wingo

June 2nd, 2021

Author: Matt Amis

It took a lot of soul searching for Tameka Wingo to make the decision to change careers. But the former marketing professional knew that her true calling was teaching. So Wingo enrolled in the RELAY Graduate School of Delaware’s alternate route certification program, which provided her an immersive teacher residency at Thomas Edison Charter...

Teacher Residencies Get a Legislative Push

May 10th, 2021

Author: Kelsey Mensch

Teacher residencies continue to build major momentum in Delaware. Teacher residencies—a teacher preparation model where a district or school partners with a university to provide coursework and real-life teaching experience to pre-service teachers—now have an official bill in Legislative Hall. The bill looks to more heavily...