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...
Delaware’s Remediation Rates Released
Earlier this week, the Delaware Department of Education released state, district, and school-level reports on the remediation rates of Delaware’s class of 2012 students who have attended higher education institutions in the state. This is the first time the state has remediation information available at a district and school level, and it...
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...