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Delaware’s ESEA Waiver: What does it actually mean in practice?

February 23rd, 2012

Author: Brian Yin

On February 28th, Delaware will join as many as 30 other states in seeking relief from provisions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). A semi-final draft of the ESEA waiver application was posted online Tuesday, incorporating feedback gathered from stakeholders. All of the 11 states who submitted applications for the first round in November were...

Opinion in “The News Journal” Scapegoats Charter Schools

February 22nd, 2012

Author: Brett Turner

Last week, The News Journal posted an opinion that opined the fact that our schools have become more segregated due to charter schools and school choice options – while failing to acknowledge the basic rules of our education system that lead to this problem in the first place. First, let’s put to rest the debate that school choice is...

Are the Expectations the Same in Smyrna and Singapore? Common Core in the Classroom

February 21st, 2012

Author: Paul Herdman

In 2006, Vision 2015 recommended that “our standards [become] as challenging as those that the highest-performing countries expect their students to meet,” and four years later Delaware adopted the Common Core State Standards along with 44 other states and D.C. The promise of these standards is their ability to set a common, higher bar for...

Grading Schools On…Creativity?

February 17th, 2012

Author: Brian Yin

In our global economy, businesses are placing an ever-increasing premium on the ability to problem-solve and innovate. When educators in academically top-performing countries like South Korea and Finland gather, they talk about one thing: how better to foster creativity—often, in fact, looking to the U.S. for ideas. Yet even as countries abroad...