The recent refrain on early childhood education in Delaware is that everyone supports change—improved quality, access, funding, and coordination—but there’s no money to make it happen, so we haven’t gotten into real conversations about how it should happen or what to take on first. Sounds a lot like where K-12 education was...

The “Race to Deliver” forum luncheon began with Bill Budinger, Rodel Foundation Founder, highlighting the sacrifices the Greatest Generation made in order to build the society we all enjoy today.  However, Budinger stated that America is facing new economic threats from other countries that could dismantle many of these...

This morning’s second panel discussion at the Racing to Deliver conference was all about what’s possible, both in creating new schools, and making the schools we have more aligned with the needs of students and teachers.  We heard from Chad Wick at the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, who has invested in a number of new school models...

The Vision 2015 Annual Leadership Forum “Race to Deliver” kicked off with a panel to discuss Delaware’s winning Race to the Top application and its influence on education reform moving forward.  Panelists included Secretary of Education Lillian Lowery, Vision 2015 Chair Marvin “Skip” Schoenhals, Red Clay...