Happy Teacher Day
Did you know that May 3 is National Teacher Day? A national day to celebrate classroom heroes was the brainchild of Arkansas teacher Mattye Whyte Woodridge. Mrs. Woodridge wrote a letter to Eleanor Roosevelt, urging the First Lady to persuade her husband to proclaim a special day to honor teachers. In 1953, the U.S. Congress proclaimed the very...
How One District is Connecting Families, Communities and Schools
Guest blog by Nika Reid, Director, G. W. Carver Educational Center, Indian River School District, Delaware.
The mission of the Indian River School District Parent Education Center is to establish a collaborative partnership between the Indian River School District and the families and communities it serves. The Parent Education Center will...
When “Random Acts of Improvement” Aren’t Enough
Forty-three years ago the residents, businesses and city streets of Wilmington, Delaware were under national guard protection. Martin Luther King had just been slain and for ten months—the longest non-wartime occupation of any US city—Wilmington was on edge. The traditional respect for our city’s diversity took a pretty big hit, and the...
Delaware Following Maryland’s Course to Early Childhood Success
Maryland has demonstrated how a focus on early childhood can yield significant, long-term gains for children. In the last decade, they have:
Implemented full-day Kindergarten, which Delaware has almost completed;
Increased the quality of existing early childhood programs, through efforts similar to the Delaware Stars program;
Increased access...