January 7, 2016
Delaware
Delaware Department of Education
SAT to replace Smarter in 11th grade
Press release
The SAT will replace the Smarter Assessment as the state test for high school juniors beginning this spring. The change comes at the request of legislators and as the state continues to look for ways to reduce testing, particularly for 11th graders who...
January 6, 2016
Delaware
Education Week
With ESSA passage, Delaware offers lessons
Commentary by Paul Herdman, President and CEO of the Rodel Foundation and leadership team member of the Vision Coalition
If we want to address early learning systemically, fundamentally redesign a funding system, strengthen the teaching profession, or re-evaluate the delivery of...
January 5, 2016
Delaware
Cape Gazette
Cape High receives Blue Ribbon Award
Cape Henlopen High School received a National Blue Ribbon award for outstanding achievement and the district celebrated with a luncheon Dec. 23. Only 62 high schools of the 33,000 high schools in the United States received this prestigious award. The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program...
January 4, 2016
Delaware
Cape Gazette
Freeman Foundation mural project continues in schools
The Joshua M. Freeman Foundation announced it is continuing to partner with middle schools in Sussex County on its arts initiative to help bolster confidence and inspiration within the student body. Nearly 1,300 students from two schools, Seaford Middle School and Southern...