October 3, 2012
Local News
WDDE
Teachers give good grade to one Race to the Top initiative
Working in collaborative groups is working for Delaware teachers, according to survey results released by the Delaware Department of Education Monday. The groups, called professional learning communities (PLCs), were established in schools throughout the state as a part of...
October 2, 2012
Local News
The News Journal
Laurel selects D.C.-area man as superintendent
Laurel School District has appointed John Ewald, the principal of an elementary school in a Washington, D.C.-area suburb, as its schools superintendent effective Oct. 1.
ACLU eyes board action
The Delaware American Civil Liberties Union is seeking a court order to force...
September 28, 2012
National News
Education Week
Romney: No federal support for Common Core
During an interview on NBC's Education Nation, Mitt Romney said that he doesn't think the federal government should provide support—financial or otherwise—for common core standards. Instead, he thinks states alone should pony up the money for their implementation...
September 21, 2012
Local News
DFM News
State sets new framework for monitoring state charter schools
State education leaders and Governor Jack Markell today unveiled a new set of standards to monitor the performance of charter schools authorized by the State Board of Education. The “performance framework,” as the standards are known, “provides a consistent...