Delaware’s ESEA Waiver Approved
Earlier this week the US Department of Education (USED) announced the approval of Delaware’s ESEA waiver. Delaware’s Department of Education (DDOE) submitted its application for a waiver earlier in February (along with 26 others) and was one of eight applications that were approved, joining 11 applications approved in an earlier round...
Bring Out the Game Film!
A while back, I watched one of the sessions coach John Gruden conducted with then NFL quarterback prospect Andrew Luck in which they dissected game film and I got to thinking: Why don’t we do this as educators?
For sports, this makes sense - we all know that football and basketball are games of inches where teams practice more than they play in...
Race to the Top District Competition Announced
Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the next bold incentive for comprehensive education reform: the Race to the Top District competition (RTT-D). $400 million in grants will be awarded to locally targeted improvements in teaching and learning that will directly improve student achievement and teacher effectiveness. ...
Adding an “A” to STEM Education
This blog post is an extended letter to the editor that was published in The News Journal. Dori Jacobson, our Senior Vice President, is a member of the Board of Overseers of Delaware College of Art and Design.
In his memoir, Apple’s co-founder Steve Wozniak said, “Most inventors and engineers I’ve met are like me ... they live in their...