Update from iEducate Delaware Honoree Tameca Beckett
This blog post was co-authored by 2013 iEducate Delaware Honoree Tameca Beckett, Youth Services Librarian at the Laurel Public Library. To learn about the 2014-15 year of iEducate Delaware, read this blog post.
Wow! So many wonderful things have been happening since I was awarded as a 2013 iEducate Delaware Honoree. The STEM program...
August 22, 2014
Local News
WDDE
State education officials seek reasons for lack of progress in narrowing achievement gap
Low expectations for African American students, limited resources for English-language learners and turnover among teachers of students with disabilities are among the challenges school districts say they are facing as they try to close the...
August 21, 2014
Local News
The News Journal
Virtually no Del. teachers receive poor evaluations
Zero percent of Delaware teachers were rated ineffective and only one percent were rated "needs improvement" during the last school year, leaving more than half of teachers to be rated effective and almost half to be rated highly effective.
Caesar Rodney names new...
August 20, 2014
Local News
The News Journal
Does your college-bound student need the ACT?
More Delaware students are taking the ACT college exam, but far fewer are taking it than elsewhere in the country, something many experts say needs to change. Michael Watson, Delaware's chief academic officer, said Department of Education officials don't want to stop...