June 23, 2014
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Science teachers work to connect their ‘silos’
A team from 10 Delaware schools that brought students to the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering labs at the University of Delaware this week to refine a variety of experiments and projects they had dreamed up over the past few months. Science teachers are...
June 20, 2014
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Delaware consider school funding overhaul
Delaware’s state-centric model for funding schools could be headed for a change, as Gov. Jack Markell’s administration plans to pilot a new system in two years. Markell’s administration has added to its proposed budget for next year a plan that would create a working group...
June 19, 2014
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Teacher salaries focus of Delaware Lawmakers
Teachers could soon be able to get promotions without leaving the classroom and might even see base salaries increase, but many details, like how the state will pay for such changes, will take months to work out. Senate Bill 254, introduced Wednesday, lays out what the new...
Coming together to do what makes sense for our kids
Last week The New York Times published an article on Delaware’s work to improve college access, and I want to share it again in case you missed it and to underscore why it is so important.
The story is pretty straightforward. Every year, about 20% of Delaware children (or about 1,800 high school seniors) do well enough on the SAT to be...