The 2010 election season brought forth enormous change at the federal level, which will no doubt have implications for federal education policy, including the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), otherwise known as No Child Left Behind.  A quick history - ESEA was first authorized in 1965 and subsequently...

How to appropriately engage and challenge students with severe challenges and juvenile records. How to allocate resources of time, staff, and funds to meet students’ needs. How to align Race to the Top requirements with current best practices. And how to be an instructional leader. These are the daily challenges we witnessed as we...

With the Republicans’ victories in the midterm elections come shifting priorities around education reform.  While Delaware largely missed this political wave, a new national landscape will still have a profound impact on our state.  There likely will be more support in Washington D.C. for quality charter schools but less support...

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.  One presentation that struck a chord with me highlighted the incredible work going on in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to turnaround their...