Will public education matter in the mid-term elections?
Most of the talk on the campaign trail this year has been about jobs, but the once-slumbering conversation about our public education system is rearing its head, as it should. Education is, of course, the key to more and better jobs in the future. The conversation got a boost this week nationally through Education Nation, and it...
Teacher Evaluation
The nation’s eyes are on Delaware as we determine the multiple measures to be used for the new teacher evaluation system with implementation set to begin June 30, 2011. Hundreds of teachers are engaged in a process led by Delaware’s Department of Education, the Delaware State Education Association, and the Delaware Association of...
Vision 2015 Conference: Early Childhood Panel Tackles Next Steps
The recent refrain on early childhood education in Delaware is that everyone supports change—improved quality, access, funding, and coordination—but there’s no money to make it happen, so we haven’t gotten into real conversations about how it should happen or what to take on first.
Sounds a lot like where K-12 education was...
Vision 2015 Conference: “Race to Deliver” Luncheon
The “Race to Deliver” forum luncheon began with Bill Budinger, Rodel Foundation Founder, highlighting the sacrifices the Greatest Generation made in order to build the society we all enjoy today. However, Budinger stated that America is facing new economic threats from other countries that could dismantle many of these...