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...
A National “Best Kept Secret”: Delaware’s Teacher Training Legislation
Last night, we were honored to accept an award given to Delaware for its effort to improve the quality of teacher training in the state. The Best Kept Secret award, which recognizes a “big gain that didn’t get big press,” was one of five awards presented during the 2013 PIE Network Policy Summit held in Boston. PIE (Policy Innovators in...