Federal Money Brings Groups into Turnaround Efforts
As the federal government dispenses millions of dollars to turnaround persistently low-performing schools through the School Improvement Grants (SIG), attention is now shifting towards the implementation of best practices within our schools. As outlined in the SIG application, schools and districts can partner with outside organizations...
State Board of Education Moves Delaware Forward
The Delaware State Board of Education held their monthly meeting Thursday. In the meeting, they covered numerous topics that are of significant importance to education within the First State. Topics covered included:
Race to the Top: The DOE highlighted that all district scope of work applications were approved by the United States...
Innovative School Model Opportunities for Delaware
Through Race to the Top, Partnership Zone regulations, and School Improvement Grant (SIG) funds, Delaware is well positioned to lead national efforts to turnaround persistently low-performing schools. Through these various initiatives, communities are afforded unprecedented resources to design and implement new school models tailored to...
Where did DCAS come from? Part 3: Proposals, and more Proposals
See Part 2 here.
After three years of piloting MAP, one piece of legislation, and months of task force work, the Request for Proposals for the Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System (DCAS) was finally written and released in early March, 2009. March also brought the introduction of another piece of legislation targeting...