September 10th, 2013
Author: Matthew Korobkin
We are pleased to announce sixteen exemplary teachers who will serve as members of the Rodel Teacher Council. Each of these educators applied through a competitive process; was interviewed by a panel of our staff, district administrators, and state education leaders; and was selected from more than 80 outstanding applicants. The Council includes a...
September 6th, 2013
Author:
Local News
Middletown Transcript
State officials get a lesson in Common Core at Silver Lake Elementary
School teacher Melissa Bowser did her best this week to present a typical third-grade English lesson to some very atypical students. “Like usual, I’m differentiating my instruction to make sure all my students get what they need,” she said...
September 4th, 2013
Author:
Local News
The News Journal
Delaware officials promote, experience the real Common Core
Some of Delaware’s most influential policymakers sat in small wooden chairs in Silver Lake Elementary School classrooms in Middletown on Tuesday evening doing multiplication problems and finding keywords and captions. Answering third- and fifth-grade reading...
August 30th, 2013
Author:
Local News
The News Journal
Charter task force leaders named
State Rep. Kim Williams and State Sen. Nicole Poore will be chairwomen of a task force that will look at charter school enrollment preferences, Gov. Jack Markell’s office says. The task force was created by a new law passed in this spring’s legislative session to look at what...
