Last Friday, Delaware Governor Jack Markell signed SB 263, legislation that requires student academic growth to be a factor if teachers are to earn tenure-like protections. You might have missed this landmark legislation officially going into law, since it was overshadowed by Delaware’s accountability ratings, released the same day...

The Delaware Department of Education released school accountability ratings last Friday that are not promising. Delaware had 20 percent fewer “Superior” schools and half as many “Commendable” schools as last year with a simultaneous rise in the number of schools under “Academic Review” and “Academic...

The Kauffman Foundation, a foundation devoted to education and entrepreneurship based in Kansas City, recently announced that they are committing $10M over ten years to start and manage a college prep (grades 5-12) charter school in fall 2011. Their rationale is based on their founder’s desire to be an “active foundation,”...

My name is Matt Joyce and I’m thrilled to join the Rodel Foundation as the newest team member. I’ll be consulting with the foundation and its partnering organizations on strategic planning and new program development. Before coming to Delaware, my experience was in social enterprise, starting and managing a non-profit fellowship...