Last Monday, schools participating in Delaware’s Partnership Zone Initiative submitted plans to the Delaware Department of Education outlining their vision for turning around their individual campuses.  As stipulated in Delaware regulations, the DOE has five days to review each plan and either accept as is or send back to the schools...

November’s state board meeting was one for the record books, going down as possibly one of the shortest in recent history owing to no presentations being scheduled. Here is what you missed: Race to the Top Update- Three big items were discussed related to Race to the Top. The first was an update on the LEA Support Program, which is the...

The Demonstrable Power of Data   While at the Education Trust’s National Conference in Washington, D.C. last week, I had the opportunity to listen to numerous speakers from around the country engaged in positive reform efforts.  While my previous post (found here) focused on our current Partnership Zone efforts, I was able to see...

Have you ever wondered how Delaware students compare to those from different countries around the world?  Or, rather than searching for the average of all students, thought about how our best and brightest stack up?  If you have, then a recently published report should interest you (an interactive map of these results can be found here...