October 10, 2013
Local News
The Washington Post
Markell joins Delaware business, school leaders to discuss state’s education reform efforts
Gov. Jack Markell says Delaware needs to raise starting salaries for teachers as part of the state’s effort to improve public schools. Markell on Wednesday also called for higher pay for math and science teachers and for...
October 8, 2013
Local News
The News Journal
Private-public partnership sees progress on schools
An op-ed by Ernie Dianastasis
One thing that makes people proud to work in Delaware is that we come together to tackle tough problems – and stay together to see the solutions through. In 2005, 28 public, private and civic leaders from throughout the state came...
Private-Public Partnership Sees Progress on Schools
This op-ed was written by Ernie Dianastasis, Chair of Vision 2015 and managing director of CAI, and published in "The News Journal." It is in recognition of the Vision 2015 conference on Delaware public education, held tomorrow at the University of Delaware. It was published alongside an op-ed about Common Core, written by former Delaware Teachers...
October 7, 2013
Local News
The News Journal
Focus on improving
An opinion by Ted Kaufman
Hard to believe where a minority of house members are taking the country. A few years ago, I spent a couple of weeks traveling around Delaware asking professional educators what we could do to improve our K-12 schools. I learned a lot from a number of people, but what I was...