I Educate Delaware
I Educate Delaware.
As a teacher, I worked to directly educate the students in my classroom, challenging them to be thinkers and problem solvers. At Rodel, I work to indirectly educate all of the students in Delaware, helping inform state and local policy with research and analysis. And as an individual, I support the students in my community by...
Making the Connection: Local school boards and student performance
The Vision 2015 Annual Leadership Forum at the University of Delaware last fall featured a workshop on School Board Governance. The panel included three board members representing traditional school districts and one who represented a public charter school. One board member was new, the others longer-serving. The goal was to share...
Thank You, Lillian
This morning in Delaware we got news that I was hoping not to get for at least a couple more years. Our own Lillian Lowery, Delaware’s Secretary of Education, has taken a job as the new Secretary of Education in Maryland.
On a personal and professional level, I will miss her deeply. She is one of those amazing people that can walk into...
Repost: “Only a Sith Deals in Absolutes”
My friend, Robin Lake, at the Center on Reinventing Public Education in Seattle wrote a thoughtful post on the dynamics of education reform in the US right now for Rick Hess' Straight Up blog. It resonated with me and hope it provokes some reflection about how each of us positions our work on behalf of kids.
"Only a Sith Deals in...