November 14, 2013
Local News
WHYY
Reach Academy leaders fight to keep charter school open
Despite the Delaware Dept. of Education’s decision to not renew the charter of Reach Academy for Girls, school leaders are looking at every possible option to keep the school open. “I haven’t gotten any sense that the option that has been placed on the table by the board...
Delaware’s NAEP Results: Pretty Good Near Term, Better Longer Term
Last Thursday, Delaware and the rest of the nation got the results from “the Nation’s Report Card,” otherwise known as the National Assessment on Educational Progress (NAEP).
The story these results tell is two-fold. First, near term, our student growth between now and 2011 was modest. I’ll elaborate more below, but The News Journal did a...
November 13, 2013
Local News
Delaware Department of Education
Reach charter not renewed because of poor academic performance
Secretary of Education Mark Murphy announced that he will not recommend renewal of Reach Academy for Girls’ charter, citing the school as the worst-performing academically in the state. Reach’s charter, which is at the end of its initial...
November 12, 2013
Local News
The News Journal
School success pivots on school leaders
An editorial
No evaluation system is flawless. They all need improvement, greater refinement. But it is a tool that needs to be used. How else can leaders help the people they are leading? The better evaluation system leads to better communication, a stronger flow of information...