Personalized Learning – We Still Have Work To Do
Digital Learning Now!, a national campaign to advance policies that will create high quality digital learning environments, recently released their second set of report cards for each state – and the results are not good, with Delaware receiving an overall grade of an F and percentage score of 50 percent.
The reports cards highlight...
USED to Offer Race to the Top Extensions
The United States Department of Education recently announced that the original 12 Race to the Top winners will be eligible for “no cost extensions” through 2015 and approved on a case-by-case basis. This decision comes as no surprise since each state has undertaken an enormous amount of work along with being slow to spend all of the available...
March 19, 2013
Local News
DE Department of Education
Delaware's Education Insight draws foundation visit
Representatives from the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation will be visiting Delaware Thursday to review the First State’s use of its Education Insight system, which allows educators to make data-driven decisions to improve instruction and learning. The...
Education on Upcoming Agenda for State Legislators
On March 14th, Representative Darryl Scott introduced House Bill 46 to encourage the creation of gifted and talented programs in schools statewide through start-up grants. Representative Scott sponsored a resolution to create a Gifted and Talented Student Task Force in June 2012, and this bill is built upon the work of that task force. ...