Tough Choices and A Great Opportunity
Delaware, like most states, is abuzz with talk about what the education stimulus package will mean for us. This is shaping up to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our schools, and we must make sure these resources are used to their full potential. There is a lot of money in the federal stimulus fund that will go directly to...
Is It Time To Reset Delaware’s School Funding System?
Is there a silver lining in Delaware's historic economic crisis? The state is projecting a budget shortfall of $750 million-plus for FY2010. This is the highest percentage deficit in the country. It's likely we'll be digging out for years to come and, along the way, experiencing painful consequences in our schools.
But...
National Exemplars Lead the Way for Delaware School Profiles
In July 2007, Governor Minner charged the LEAD Committee with “oversee[ing] the development of a one-page, plain language summary of key performance measures that will provide a useful and understandable measurement of the performance of every public school, district, and the State.” The goal was to accomplish one of the recommendations of...