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January 15, 2013

January 15th, 2013

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National News Education Week Schools aim to craft environment for learning The 2013 edition of Education Week's Quality Counts report takes aim at an issue with emotional as well as policy implications: the impact of a school's social and disciplinary environment on students' ability to learn, and on the teachers and administrators tasked with...

January 10, 2013

January 11th, 2013

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Local News The News Journal Prescription for learning The STEM Academy is a major piece of a restructuring plan at Glasgow that aims to boost student achievement in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Incoming students also can choose the Business and Entrepreneurship Academy or the Arts and Humanities Academy. School leaders hope...

January 11, 2013

January 11th, 2013

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Local News Delaware Department of Education Delaware Educator Winter 2012-2013 issue of DDOE newsletter National News Education Week New science-standards draft includes many changes A second and final public draft of common standards aimed at reshaping K-12 science education was released today for comment, following eight months of review and...

January 9, 2013

January 9th, 2013

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Local News News Journal Indian River seeking to fill district's needs The district will hold a referendum Jan. 29 in hopes of securing funding for 38 classrooms at six buildings, the hiring of at least 20 more teachers, the purchase of supplies and technology for new classrooms and financial assistance for current expansion projects. WHYY...