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Common Core Contributes to Howard High’s Success

October 12th, 2012

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This blog post was written by Julia Webster, Assistant Principal at Howard High School of Technology. She will be a panelist at the Vision 2015 Conference of October 17, 2012. To read more guest blog posts written by conference participants, click here. There’s a lot of excitement about changes going on at Howard High School of Technology in...

October 12, 2012

October 12th, 2012

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Local News WHYY Lunch time in Delaware: Rep. Carney eats his vegetables with New Castle County students Students got to eat their lunch with Congressman John Carney who was on hand to promote National Farm to School Month. The program encourages schools to use locally grown produce in school lunch meals. During the month of October, the Colonial...

Daily Education News- 10/15/12

October 12th, 2012

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Local News The News Journal World-class schools are here - in Delaware An op-ed by Paul Herdman The day-to-day classroom teaching we saw from Helsinki to Singapore didn't look a lot different from what I've seen in strong schools from Indian River to Red Clay. The difference is that they systematically took what worked and then made it the norm. I...

Delaware Families Benefit from Emphasis on Early Learning

October 11th, 2012

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This blog post was written by Harriet Dichter, Executive Director of the Delaware Office of Early Learning. She will be a featured panelist at the Vision 2015 Conference on October 17, 2012. As our early learners—infants, toddlers and preschools—move from the sandbox to the schoolyard, there is often a big disconnect for children, teachers...