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Delaware Educators Experience What’s Possible

February 22nd, 2011

Author: Brett Turner

Approximately 70 educators throughout the state (including superintendents, principals, teachers, central office staff, DSEA, and Innovative Schools) visited Crossland High School and E.L. Haynes Charter School to see best practices in action as part of the Department of Education’s Race to the Top LEA Support Program. Each campus was chosen...

What Role Will You Play?

February 18th, 2011

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This was the crucial question at last weekend’s Teach For America’s 20th Anniversary Summit. 11,000 people with the same agenda in one room—past, current, and future leaders in urban and rural classrooms now in advocacy roles infiltrating the leadership and ideology of every possible profession from teaching to leading the...

Teach For America Turns 20

February 15th, 2011

Author: Brett Turner

On Friday afternoon, I boarded the train towards D.C. to attend Teach For America’s 20th Anniversary Summit.   I went to reconnect with colleagues, listen to others engaged in this difficult work, and hopefully leave rejuvenated to continue the fight.  While at summit, I heard about successful efforts of Teach For America...

Skype Lessons

February 11th, 2011

Author: Paul Herdman

My 10-year-old taught me how to use Skype the other morning. Although she and her friends use it daily, she had to walk me through it—slowly. It’s yet another reminder to me of how the world has changed and continues to change exponentially, for everyone and everything, including education.   Some argue that we shouldn’t...