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April 22, 2013

April 22nd, 2013

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Local News Delaware Today Delaware’s new writing standards seek to improve lagging skills in K-12 students Common Core standards are a clear set of shared goals and expectations that determine what knowledge and skills will help students succeed. Local teachers, principals, superintendents and others will decide how the standards are to be met...

Painting a Portrait of Delaware’s Teachers

April 19th, 2013

Author: Brett Turner

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Yesterday, a portrait of Delaware’s teacher workforce was unveiled as part of Harvard’s Strategic Data Project[1] - and the preliminary results show both the value of data and areas of improvement here in The First State. The report, titled “Delaware Educator Diagnostic: An Analysis of The...

April 17, 2013

April 17th, 2013

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Local News Sussex County Post East Millsboro Elementary offering spanish immersion for kindergarten in 2013-14 Indian River School District is offering a Spanish Immersion program at East Millsboro Elementary School in the 2013-2014 school year.  Only kindergarten students will be selected for this first year of the Spanish immersion program...

TELL Delaware Highlights Positive Trends and Areas of Need

April 11th, 2013

Author: Brett Turner

Survey results released today from the inaugural TELL (Teaching, Empowering, Leading, and Learning) Delaware study highlight that Delaware educators have favorable beliefs around areas such as professional expectations and handling student misconduct while voicing a greater need to be at the table when making critical decisions. The survey...