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Over 700 Delaware educators from 143 schools gathered in Dover last weekend to dig deep into the Common Core State Standards as part of the Department’s Common Ground for the Common Core initiative. The project is designed to support educators implementing the standards by providing intense support to a team of teachers that can take that...

LOCAL NEWS DE Department of Education Secretary Murphy announces teacher appreciation student essay contest Across the state, exceptional educators teach, care for and inspire Delaware students. Those who know best just how hard they work are the children in their classrooms. For the third year, the Delaware Department of Education will sponsor a...

As the focus on raising rigor intensifies, more and more schools in Delaware have become interested in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program. Recently, I had the opportunity to visit several IB schools in Maryland and see what all the fuss was about. When I first heard about the program in college it sounded to me like the College...

LOCAL NEWS WHYY Delaware names three high achieving green ribbon schools Three Delaware schools are in the running for one of the highest national honors to be awarded after they were named the state's Green Ribbon award winners.  The 2013 Delaware Green Ribbon winners are Conrad School of Science and Richardson Park Elementary School both of Red...