Delaware Partnership Zone Schools Announced
Today, Lillian Lowery, Secretary of Education, announced that Stubbs Elementary, Positive Outcomes Charter School, Howard High School and Glasgow High School were chosen to join Delaware’s innovative Partnership Zone Initiative (PZI).
Delaware is part of a multi-state effort led by Mass Insight’s School Turnaround Group, which...
Race to the Top – Round Two Initial Analysis
Last Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education announced the round two Race to the Top winners. Nine states and the District of Columbia were awarded grants based upon their bold proposals to transform public education.
Initial analysis of round two applications yields numerous similarities compared to Delaware’s winning Race to the...
Learning-Focused Strategies Expanding Within Delaware
As students, parents, and communities return from summer vacation, they will arrive amidst a flurry of excitement as Delaware begins implementing numerous reforms through Race to the Top and School Improvement Grants. One aspect that school stakeholders will begin seeing is the influx of nationally recognized organizations with various...
College and Career Readiness gets top billing at ECS
If last week’s Education Commission for the States national forum had a running theme, it was the K-12 to higher education connection. Almost every panel included a conversation about either “college and career ready” students, or about how higher education can/should support the current round of K-12 education...