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Transformation – Let’s Do the Same Thing, But Better?

November 23rd, 2011

Author: Brian Yin

November 17 was the deadline for five of the six new Partnership Zone schools to submit draft plans detailing how they are going to improve student achievement.  (Laurel Middle School, due to its late identification, has a modified timeline). Here is what we were able to gather about these plans from recent school board meetings (for more...

Getting Schooled by Other States on CMOs

November 18th, 2011

Author: Brian Yin

Earlier this month, the Center for Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) in collaboration with Mathematica Policy Research released its study on the effectiveness of charter management organizations, or CMOs. CMOs are the groups that manage the much-heralded and highly successful charters networks like KIPP and Rocketship. The study looks at 40 CMOs...

How the Common Core is Like Yelp

November 16th, 2011

Author: Brett Turner

The release of Keeping Pace With K-12 Online Learning 2011 focuses our attention on increased accountability and transparency for digital providers.  While that’s undoubtedly important, I’m struck by one, and arguably the most important, benefit (referenced on page 5 of the report) of the Common Core – and that is its impact on next...

2011 NAEP Results Released…We Have a Long Way to Go

November 2nd, 2011

Author: Brian Yin

On November 1, the National Center on Education Statistics released the 2011 NAEP results, the national benchmark exam given to a representative sample of 4th and 8th graders across the country (including Delaware). Education stakeholders across the country nervously anticipated the results, worried about how a decrease in education funding and...