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New momentum is building for Delaware’s youngest students. The new Early Development and Learning Resources Work Group in the Department of Education demonstrates a commitment from the Secretary to focus attention on this population, which was formerly grouped with special needs students. Another exciting development is that the state...

Across the country when school accountability ratings are released, we hear the cry that schools are in Academic Review or Under Improvement because of one student, or one group of students, missing their performance targets.  For the vast majority of Delaware schools, this is just not the case. To understand why, first we need to...

Delaware laid the initial groundwork through Race to the Top for the design and implementation of a statewide performance pay program that attracts, supports, rewards, and retains educators that make positive impacts on student achievement. Below is an explanation of the framework established and possibilities to expand its impact. Student...

Things are heating up. Delaware just went through one of the hottest Julys on record, and in the nation’s capital education reform is coming to a head. On Thursday, USED’s Jim Shelton announced the i3 grants, a $650 million package of commitments that is based on well-tested school improvement programs that will touch almost...