How the Common Core is Like Yelp
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
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...
Delaware Submits Ambitious Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge Application
On October 19, 2011 Delaware submitted an ambitious application for a roughly $50 million share of the $500 million federal Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) competitive grant. According to the U.S. Department of Education, Delaware was one of 35 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico to submit an application.
Delaware’s plan...