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September 23, 2013

September 23rd, 2013

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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...

September 20, 2013

September 20th, 2013

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Local News The News Journal Markell riles Common Core doubters with talk of 'mythology' On a day Delaware committed further to the national education standards movement, Gov. Jack Markell dismissed critics of those policies in a national TV appearance. Chuck Todd, host of The Daily Rundown on MSNBC, asked Markell on Thursday morning if there was...

Bridging the Gap Across Charters and District Schools

September 20th, 2013

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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

September 19th, 2013

Author: Paul Herdman

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...