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Partnership Zone School Profile: Stubbs Elementary

September 10th, 2010

Author: Brett Turner

Partnership Zone School Profile: Stubbs Elementary Stubbs Elementary School, the only elementary school selected for the Partnership Zone, sits in the East Side neighborhood of Wilmington and serves students in grades K-5.  During the 2009-2010 school year, Stubbs enrolled 312 students that are predominately low-income and...

Racing to Deliver conference: A meeting of the greatest minds in education

September 9th, 2010

Author: Sarah Grunewald

On September 28, all UD’s Clayton Hall will be buzzing with education types – teachers, principals, superintendents, department officials, reformers, higher ed representatives, business supporters, elected leaders, and other interested citizens. The focus of their gathering? The third-annual Vision 2015 leadership forum...

The Spin Is In

September 8th, 2010

Author: Brett Turner

Last Tuesday, the Center on Education Policy (CEP) released the third installment of a three-year study documenting the implementation of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus) funds.  In this particular segment, CEP surveyed district personnel’s familiarity with the school turnaround models crafted by the United States...

Partnership Zone Initiative – Where We Can Lead

September 7th, 2010

Author: Paul Herdman

There has been a lot of discussion about how a school chooses to redesign itself – from restart, to turn around and transformation.  For me, the what is more important than the how.  The process for how is certainly important, but if we focus on what makes the most sense for the students, here are a handful of elements that I...