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Local News U.S. Department of Education Obama administration approves NCLB flexibility requests for Delaware, Georgia, Minnesota, New York and South Carolina A press release The Obama administration announced today that five states—Delaware, Georgia, Minnesota, New York and South Carolina—have received a one-year extension for flexibility from...

Local News The News Journal Science classrooms could soon look very different A separate but related effort to the Common Core State Standards for reading and math, Next Gen is an effort to build common expectations for what – and, more importantly, how – students learn in science class. Importantly, the Next Generation Science Standards are...

Local News Delaware State News Teachers comp panel mulls ideas at first meeting A committee formed by state lawmakers to develop a new compensation system for public school teachers held its first meeting in Dover on Wednesday night. “If we don’t tackle this as a state, we are doing a disservice to our profession in the coming decades,” said...

Local News The News Journal We need to change Delaware’s school culture An op-ed by Ronald Russo, former president of the Charter School of Wilmington and the former principal of St. Mark’s High School Inside the school building, education is all about the kids and the professional relationship they have with their teachers. This is similar to...