Race to the Top Planning Enters Final Stretch
Almost a year after Delaware was awarded first place in the Race to the Top competition, districts from around the state are putting the final touches on their implementation plans for years 2-4 (2011-2014), with final Success Plans due April 11th.
These plans represent intensive planning, analysis, and effort on the part of all district teams...
Is STEM the new CTE?
Hello! I’m Christy Vanderwende and a former Career & Technical Education (CTE) teacher in Delaware. My education experience and certification is focused in agriculture and science; I’ve developed curriculum and taught classes in animal, environmental, and food sciences.
As a new member of the Rodel team, I was eager to return to...
Teacher Hiring Study Offers Lessons for Delaware
Teachers hired after the first day of school are twice as likely to leave their school, or the teaching profession, within a year, according to a recently released study from researchers from Michigan State and Northwestern Universities.
The report comes at an extremely prescient moment in Delaware, with the Senate sending Senate Bill 16 to the...
Is This the Year for ESEA?
I recently became very optimistic after reading this Ed Week blog, which makes it sound like Congress may actually move forward on reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) this year. (For a quick history on ESEA and its postponed reauthorization, see our November 2010 post-election write-up.)
Delaware is one year into...