In Case You Missed It….June State Board Meeting Update
This month at the State Board meeting, the main items of interest were the impending legislative agenda, the delay of the announcement of funding for districts’ Race to the Top plans, and the rollout of DPAS II (the teacher and leader evaluation system).
Secretary of Education Lillian Lowery announced forthcoming legislation in regards to the...
Delaware Fifth State to Ban Trans Fats in Schools
Last week the Delaware General Assembly passed House Bill 3, which prohibits public schools from making available or serving food with more than 0.5 gram of artificial trans fatty acids to students. This legislation applies to all food and beverages sold on school grounds during regular school hours (it does not apply to food and drink sold at...
Announcing Teach For America-Delaware
Guest blog by Joe Moorman, founding director of Teach For America- Delaware.
This is the second in a three-part series related to Teach for America Delaware. This series was prompted by the recent establishment of TFA Delaware, a hub for corps members that is distinctly focused on The First State. Part one discussed the path to the establishment...
Reach Lessons: Raise the Standard Across the Board
Reach Academy Charter School has filled the headlines the last couple of weeks, and I think we can all agree that if the problems that the school faces had been unearthed earlier, a great deal of heartache and unrest could have been avoided. Any parent would agree that every person serving on their children’s school board – traditional public...