Delaware Students Lag Nationally, Internationally; Potential Remains
Fewer than one-third of Delaware high school graduates meet international standards reading and mathematics, placing Delaware below the US average, below neighboring states, and in line with countries including Latvia, Hungary, Poland, and Estonia. However, we compete with the top 10 countries in reading, so are positioned to be competitive in the...
Partnership Zone School (Round 2) Profile: Marbrook Elementary School
On September 1st, 2011, Secretary Lowery and the Department of Education announced the 6 schools chosen to participate in round 2 of the statewide Partnership Zone Initiative (for more information about the Partnership Zone, see our previous blogs). This blog is the fifth of a six part series detailing these six schools (Bancroft Elementary...
Partnership Zone School (Round 2) Profile: Lewis Dual Language Elementary School
On September 1st, 2011, Secretary Lowery and the Department of Education announced the 6 schools chosen to participate in round 2 of the statewide Partnership Zone Initiative (for more information about the Partnership Zone, see our previous blogs). This blog is the fourth of a six part series detailing these six schools (part one, part two, part...