June 11, 2015
Delaware News
The News Journal
Delaware's testing opt-out bill ignites firestorm
The simmering debate over standardized testing in Delaware exploded Wednesday in a charged hearing that saw lawmakers and parent advocates shouting over each other. At issue was a bill to allow parents to pull their children out of the statewide Smarter Balanced...
Opt-Out Comments to Senate Education Committee
On June 10, 2015, Dr. Paul A. Herdman, president and CEO of the Rodel Foundation of Delaware, made the following comments to Delaware’s Senate Education Committee regarding House Bill 50:
"Chairman Sokola and honorable members of the Senate Education Committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak to you this afternoon.
As a parent of three...
June 10, 2015
Delaware News
Delaware Public Media
Senate committee to consider standardized test opt-out bill
A state Senate committee is set to take up a bill that would let Delaware students to opt out of a controversial standardized test.
WDEL
Delaware Senate education committee to consider opt-out bill
A packed house is expected Wednesday afternoon as a...
June 9, 2015
Delaware News
Education Week
Personalized learning: More teacher, less algorithm?
Blog post by Benjamin Herold
Last month, while reporting at Mount Pleasant High School in Wilmington, Del. for Education Week's forthcoming Technology Counts 2015 report, to be released Wednesday, I came across an altogether different version of technology-enabled...