June 25, 2013
Local News
The Cape Gazette
Cape school board debates Common Core
A discussion of Common Core standards brought out supporters and opponents of the concept during a recent Cape Henlopen school board meeting. Whitney Neal, director of grassroots for FreedomWorks Inc. in Washington, D.C., gave a PowerPoint presentation on the creation of the...
New High School Charter Options in Kent and Wilmington
At the June meeting on June 20th, the Delaware State Board of Education approved three new charter high schools—one in Kent County (First State Military Academy) and two in the city of Wilmington (The Delaware Met and Design-Lab High School). All three schools aim to fill a gap in existing choice options and two will replicate deeper learning...
Meet Our Summer Fellow – Liz Hoyt
Hi, my name is Liz Hoyt, and I’m one of the 2013 Rodel Foundation Summer Fellows. I’m originally from California. I earned my B.A. in Political Science, and International Studies at the University of California, Irvine. During my years as an undergraduate, I was heavily involved in GlobalConnect@UCI, a university-classroom partnership...