State Board Keeps Forward Momentum
Last week the State Board of Education hosted its monthly meeting where forward momentum was the theme for the day.
A presentation on the performance evaluation dashboards, which are a product of the school districts’ Race to the Top Success plans, revealed the evaluation structure utilized for tracking district progress on Race to the Top...
July 27, 2012
Local News
The News Journal
Students plug brain drain
This summer 12 students at Thomas Edison Charter School in Wilmington to spend afternoons polishing their skills as part of a summer enrichment program. Before they get to play chess on these summer afternoons, the younger students at Thomas Edison spend time making books while older students...
Delaware Schools Beating the Odds
Last week, the state released the full results of the 2011-12 DCAS. As we’ve already noted, there is much to celebrate in the results, and public educators across the state should be proud of the progress they and their students made this year. Not only did the state meet its proficiency targets among every subgroup, but many schools also...
Delaware Scores Double Digit Gains and a Bronze Medal
A few weeks ago I commented to some folks that things were looking up in Delaware’s public schools, and that the “flywheel” appeared to be turning. Yesterday’s news from the Delaware Department of Education did not disappoint.
Compared to one year ago, more than 10,000 additional children are proficient in reading, and more than 9,000 are...