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Partnership Zone School (Round 2) Profile: Dover High School

September 9th, 2011

Author: Brian Yin

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 third of a six part series detailing these six schools (part one, part two). Dover...

Partnership Zone School (Round 2) Profile: Bayard Middle School

September 7th, 2011

Author: Brian Yin

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 second of a six part series detailing these six schools (for part one, click...

Partnership Zone School (Round 2) Profile: Bancroft Elementary School

September 6th, 2011

Author: Brian Yin

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 first of a six part series detailing these six schools.   Bancroft is...

The Promise of District Race to the Top Plans

August 31st, 2011

Author: Paul Herdman

Earlier this summer we set about the business of reading Race to the Top plans for all the state’s 19 districts.  Over the next few years in Delaware, roughly $50 million dollars—about 40 percent of Race to the Top funds—will be distributed through the plans, so this is a big deal.  We’ve been offering detailed commentary on specific...