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This blog post was written by Samuel Heed, Senior Historian and Director of Education, and Virgina Hanna, Assistant Director of Education, at the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation. Sam is a 2013 iEducate Delaware Honoree. Imagine it’s the Year 1638*. You’re about to embark on a wooden Tall Ship and voyage from Sweden across the Atlantic Ocean. Your...

Local News The News Journal Superstars in Education saluted at awards ceremony Superstars in Education awards celebrate teachers and schools that find innovative ways to get kids excited about learning. The Delaware Chamber of Commerce has hosted the event since 1989, but this year it refocused its goals. Instead of rewarding general academic...

Local News The News Journal Delaware teachers laud Common Core progress Teachers are spearheading the effort to transition to the new national standards. Overhauling their lessons has been a mammoth effort that is still being developed even after a few years' work. "We're having to completely change the way we teach." said Jenna White, a...

Local News The News Journal Delaware teachers laud Common Core progress When former National Teacher of the Year Sarah Brown Wessling showed a video of one of her lessons to a roomful of more than 250 Delaware teachers, she didn't pick one of her best. She picked one that she whiffed. "We can't have a mindset where we are more afraid of mediocrity...