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Local News The News Journal EastSide Charter’s shrinking minority achievement gap An commentary by Charles S. McDowell, Board Chair of EastSide Charter School EastSide Charter School, where 90 percent of the students are from low-income environments, is focused on closing that gap, and this year saw test scores in reading and math proficiency...

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...