Delaware’s 2013-14 State Assessment Results
This year’s results for the Delaware state-wide assessment, Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System (DCAS) were released late last week, providing Delaware with a snapshot progress report of student achievement, and where Delaware stands on the path toward greatness.
The preliminary results, presented at Thursday’s State Board of Education...
The Need to Expand Our Career Pathways
For the last decade, about a third of Americans have completed a college degree, and that has worked fairly well, but the world is changing -- fast. In the next decade, the economy will require roughly double that number of college graduates. I know some will say that “college isn’t for everybody,” and I would agree. However, I’d argue...
What Will Delaware’s Children Need to Know in 2025?
Today's The News Journal includes an op-ed written by Ernie Dianastasis, Chair of the Vision Coalition of Delaware's Leadership Team. Our President and CEO also serves on the Coalition's Leadership Team, alongside eight other public and private leaders in our state. We join Ernie and the respective organizations of the Leadership Team members to...
Coming together to do what makes sense for our kids
Last week The New York Times published an article on Delaware’s work to improve college access, and I want to share it again in case you missed it and to underscore why it is so important.
The story is pretty straightforward. Every year, about 20% of Delaware children (or about 1,800 high school seniors) do well enough on the SAT to be...