November 20, 2013
Local News
Middletown Transcript
Turning young women into W.I.S.E. Women
Appoquinimink School District’s W.I.S.E. Women program introduces young girls to women currently working in science-related careers. “A lot of girls get interested in science at a young age, but as they get older they decide it’s not cool or it’s too hard,”...
November 19, 2013
Local News
Delaware Department of Education
Delaware praised for providing parents, educators better access to data
Delaware was one of only two states to achieve a perfect score in the Data Quality Campaign’s analysis looking at state education data systems. A report released today shows “states have made tremendous progress shifting their...
November 18, 2013
Local News
Cape Gazette
State questions teacher evaluation results
Only 1 percent of Delaware teachers received an unsatisfactory rating under a new teacher evaluation system. State officials are questioning those ratings when four of five students who graduate are not ready for college or jobs. “We have made important progress, but we clearly...
November 15, 2013
Local News
The News Journal
Red Clay board rejects class size waiver
The Red Clay School Board narrowly rejected last night a request from district administration to waive requirements for maximum class sizes in its earliest grades.
Why Reach needed to close and how we move on
An op-ed by Kendall Massett, Executive Director of the Delaware...