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Let’s Get Delawareans To and Through College

May 9th, 2012

Author: Brett Turner

Last week, Delaware’s Department of Education made available the College Access and Readiness request for applications to interested districts and charters eager to accelerate college readiness initiatives among their traditionally underserved students. The RFA, which is funded through the federal  College Access Challenge Grant, is due June...

A Teacher Who Made A Difference: Representative Stephanie T. Bolden

May 8th, 2012

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Henry Brooks Adams states, "A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops”.  Representative Stephanie T. Bolden influenced my success. As a teacher, she was caring and sensitive to the needs of students.  She also knew when students needed a little push. I was always a strong average, well-mannered student, but Ms...

Voting in Tomorrow’s School Board Elections is What’s Most Important

May 7th, 2012

Author: Paul Herdman

Delaware’s school board elections scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, May 8, have generated a lot more attention than in the past and my hope is that a lot more people go to the polls and vote (10am-8pm).    Our foundation’s mission is to help Delaware create world-class schools.  To that end, we worked with hundreds of parents, teachers, and...

The Flattening World of Education: The launch of edX

May 4th, 2012

Author: Brett Turner

Thomas Friedman famously opined that the world is flattening as providers of commerce gain equal footing in an increasingly globalized world. Leaving aside the positive and negative consequences of this reality, it appears that these forces are slowly moving into the education sphere, as evidenced by the recent launch of edX. The effort...