As the effects of the 2010 season begin to seep in, one critical federal education policy component that we will monitor closely is the direction of early childhood education. In September 2009, the House of Representatives passed a bill that appropriated $8 billion over eight years to help states develop and scale high-quality early childhood...

When I completed 8th grade at my local middle school, there was never a question about where I would go to high school.  Along with every other kid in my neighborhood, I simply moved on to the public high school down the street.  There was never a thought of going somewhere else.    So, last Sunday as my 8th grade daughter and...

This blog is the second in a three part series on the effects of the 2010 elections on federal education policy and implications in the First State.  The first blog in the series can be found here.    The implications of the 2010 election season will be particularly pertinent to the continuation of federal competitive grant...

An independent evaluator, the American Institutes for Research (AIR), cited Delaware’s Vision Network as a national exemplar of alignment from the state to the district to the classroom level: “[The Vision Network] is a pioneer in identifying and leading the work on key levers for significant education reform, which are now recognized...