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The Dangers of Chronic Absenteeism

March 6th, 2017

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  If students are not in school, they are not learning. That is the main issue behind chronic absenteeism, which has serious implications for student success. Students that are chronically absent are at a higher risk of failing academically or dropping out.   What it is Chronic absenteeism is defined as missing at least 10 percent...

March 3, 2017

March 3rd, 2017

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Delaware News Delaware State News Efficiency of Delaware school districts needs studied Opinion by State Rep. Daniel B. Short, R-Seaford School district consolidation is a topic that’s been discussed for decades in Delaware and it is easy to see why Delaware has 19 public school districts serving about 137,000 students. By contrast, a single...

3 Things I Learned From ECET2

March 3rd, 2017

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Blog post by Shani Benson, third grade inclusion teacher at South Dover Elementary Last Saturday, my fellow Rodel Teacher Council members and I hosted ECET2 Delaware: Connecting Innovative Educators. Our goal was to provide a teacher-led professional development opportunity while celebrating the outstanding and tireless work that teachers do. In...

March 2, 2017

March 2nd, 2017

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Delaware News The News Journal WEIC to Carney: We need weighted funding One day after Gov. John Carney said a weighted funding model proposed by the Wilmington Education Improvement Commission would "handcuff the state" financially, the commission released a statement encouraging him to reconsider allocating money for at-risk students. Carney on...