SPARC Events Next Week
This is a guest blog post written by Robert Ford, Director of Corporate Engagement for the Delaware Business Roundtable Education Committee.
SPARC (Success Pathways and Roads to Careers) is an online platform designed to help students, youth and adults connect with local employers, gain first-hand knowledge of the workplace and develop career...
International Comparisons are Never Easy
Earlier this month in The News Journal, a position was shared on the validity of comparing U.S. student performance with that of other countries. The debate centered on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), and Shanghai’s top performance on that test vs. the United States' mediocre performance.
Andreas Scheicher is the...
Support Delaware’s College Application Month!
Next week marks the start of Delaware’s College Application Month. College Application Month is a nationwide effort to assist high school seniors in the college application process. This is the third year Delaware will participate. The initiative, led by the Delaware Department of Education in partnership with the Institute for Public...
Take the Future Ready Pledge
As part of its ConnectED initiative, which seeks to provide 99% of students in the nation with access to high-speed internet connectivity at the classroom level, the White House and the federal Department of Education are asking community members, parents, teachers, school leaders, students, and school administrators to take the Future Ready...