The New York Times published an explosive story regarding the unequivocal long-term benefits of high-quality education in early grades. The article highlights a study in which researchers tracked 12,000 Tennessee students participating in Project STAR from the time they entered school in the 1980s until they reached their 30s. Previously...

Building on Delaware's Round One Race to the Top win Governor Markell continues to position Delaware as a national education leader. He recently accepted a seat on the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), which oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) or the “nation’s report card”, a rigorous...

Analysis of the education landscape reveals obstacles to be overcome in order to implement a statewide performance pay program. Fortunately, improvements to many of these challenges are underway through the RTTT plan: Teacher Evaluation: the policies for the statewide Delaware Performance Appraisal System (DPAS II) are currently under...

As many have heard, I am joining the Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) to head the Charter Schools Program. While I will miss my work and the people at the Rodel Foundation, I am excited about this new and challenging opportunity. Before I came to the Rodel Foundation in January of 2006, I had been involved with education on several...