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Singapore Expert on Teacher Education Speaks to Delawareans

May 21st, 2014

Author: Brittany Mason

Last week, Lee Sing Kong of Singapore, a leading international expert in teacher training and preparation, spoke at "Lessons from Singapore," an event we hosted in Wilmington, Delaware. Professor Lee is the Director of the National Institute of Singapore, as well as a member of our International Advisory Group (IAG). We hosted this event so that...

May 20, 2014

May 20th, 2014

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Local News School Administrator The Common Core C’s of change An opinion by Susan Bunting, superintendent of the Indian River School District To counter effectively the campaign waged by Common Core skeptics, the Indian River School District charted a course of action with tactics that previously had proven successful in taking on challenges in...

May 19, 2014

May 19th, 2014

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Local News The News Journal Brown v. Board, 60 years later: Are we better off? The goal of the ruling 60 years ago was to provide equal educational opportunities to all students. In Delaware, that meant forced busing, which after a lengthy fight through much of the 1970s, began in the fall of 1978. Thirty-six years later, schools have slowly slid...

Public Input on Public Schools

May 19th, 2014

Author: Liz Hoyt

About a week ago, a report released by Project 5000 Opinions (P5KO), shed some light on what Delawareans thinks about Delaware schools. The report summarized the opinions of over 5,000 Delawareans who were surveyed last summer about public schools in the state. According to the surveys, many parents feel positively about Delaware public schools...