September 24, 2013
Local News
The News Journal
Too much pressure on students?
More schools are giving parents almost instant access to their students’ grades and assignments online, allowing them to put their students’ classwork under daily scrutiny. But teachers and child psychology experts say parents should try to keep a balance between getting involved and...
September 23, 2013
Local News
The News Journal
State now a national model for graduation, jobs success
An opinion by Jack Markell, Pete du Pont, and Tom Carper
Only about 26 percent of the most at-risk youth across our nation are working, and many of the other 74 percent struggle with predictable barriers. Their stories are like a young Delawarean, Marquis, who grew...
Bridging the Gap Across Charters and District Schools
We are publishing a blog series about themes to be discussed at the upcoming Vision 2015 conference on Delaware public education to be held on October 9. Every Friday leading up to the event, we will feature a blog post authored by a different conference panelist.
This blog post is the second in the series, written by Vision 2015 Implementation...