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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...

September 19, 2013

September 19th, 2013

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Local News The New York Times Delaware seeks to steer the poor to top colleges Delaware announced on Wednesday a new effort to encourage high-achieving low-income students to apply to top colleges, saying it would send application fee waivers and other information to every such high school senior in the state. The program — a collaboration...

September 18, 2013

September 18th, 2013

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Local News The News Journal Markell to announce plan to enroll more Delaware students in college State officials will unveil today a new effort to help more students identified as “college-ready” to enroll in universities or colleges. Gov. Jack Markell, Secretary of Education Mark Murphy, and College Board President David Coleman will announce...