Meet the Local Students Helping Delaware “Reimagine Middle Grades”
Click here to explore the full "Am I High School Ready?" poster.
ARiyah Nocks, a junior at Sussex Technical High School and Yelitza Ortiz-Uscanga, a senior at Sussex Central High School—are studying art and design in school. Last fall, the pair collaborated on a special project—designing a poster for the burgeoning “Reimagining...
What Can the Rest of the World Teach Us about Career Pathways?
Back in 2014, I went to Switzerland and met a young man with a big smile and a ponytail named Luke Rhine. He was a new employee at the Delaware DOE and who knew at the time that that trip would be so catalytic in helping the state build out a new effort that we collectively called, “career pathways.”
Today, we are at a new pivot point...
Can Leadership Opportunities Help Teacher Retention?
As most teachers will tell you, they are often asked to do more than just teach students.
Teachers often take on more roles in their schools, many times without additional compensation. This is particularly true for teachers of color, who often get asked to take on additional responsibilities, serve on committees, or be default leaders...
Delaware Advances Early Literacy Initiatives
We often hear that children learn to read and then they read to learn—with this transition happening at a critical point in third grade. And we know that we as a state can do more to enable children to read to learn and reach their full potential.
In recent years, the issue has gotten even more attention for a few reasons. A greater...