On Friday afternoon, I boarded the train towards D.C. to attend Teach For America’s 20th Anniversary Summit.   I went to reconnect with colleagues, listen to others engaged in this difficult work, and hopefully leave rejuvenated to continue the fight.  While at summit, I heard about successful efforts of Teach For America...

My 10-year-old taught me how to use Skype the other morning. Although she and her friends use it daily, she had to walk me through it—slowly. It’s yet another reminder to me of how the world has changed and continues to change exponentially, for everyone and everything, including education.   Some argue that we shouldn’t...

Educators throughout the state show greater satisfaction with their jobs across a range of metrics compared to their national counterparts, according to results from the recently released report A Portrait of Delaware’s New Teachers. The results, based on a survey of approximately 500 educators in their first three years of teaching, paint a...

Partnership Zone schools are moving forward with their approved plans (Howard, Stubbs, Glasgow, and Positive Outcomes) for spending approximately $1.5 million to turn their schools around. In analyzing three budgets (Howard’s plan does not include one), there are certain areas that make me cautiously optimistic, areas that make me slightly...