A New Way of Teaching and Learning in Delaware?
Districts will work with non- and for-profit partner organizations—up to 22 in each district—as part of their Race to the Top plans to use federal funds to improve education. These partners will work with districts to implement various portions of their plan, from curriculum alignment to community engagement efforts.
A significant...
Our Schools: Balancing Urgency with the Long View
This blog post was originally published on "Town Square Delaware" as part of its August education series.
My career in public education began in the classroom, teaching special needs students and working with a lot of students who didn’t see much of a future for themselves. I think of those years often and about the impact I had, hoping that...
Plugging the Summer Brain Drain
Average American students lose approximately one month of learning in both math and reading over summer vacation, a recent RAND Corporation study finds, with low-income students losing at least two months of reading knowledge while their upper-income peers actually gain a month. However, good summer programs – those with small classes...
Duncan’s Decision on NCLB is the Right Call
Secretary Duncan made the right call when he announced plans to override the centerpiece requirement of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) school accountability law that requires 100 percent proficiency in math and reading by 2014.
I was working in the Washington D.C. area in 2002 when President Bush signed NCLB into law. I remember my colleagues...