Tag: Achievement Gap
An Anniversary, a Conference, and a Lot of Work Ahead
Early Childhood Education, News, Policy and Practice
October 28th, 2011
This is a guest blog post by Marvin N. “Skip” Schoenhals, chairman of Vision 2015 and WSFS Bank in Wilmington, DE, for which he served as president and CEO from 1990 to 2007. He is a member of the Delaware Business Leaders Hall of Fame. Five years ago, Vision 2015 set out to transform the education that we were offering to our public school...VIEW ARTICLE
The Devil’s in the Details Over Different Federal Education Policy Visions
October 19th, 2011
Today, the Senate HELP Committee debated and marked up Senator Harkin’s bipartisan legislation to overhaul No Child Left Behind – signifying a significant opportunity, and risk, as stakeholders come together to redefine the federal government’s role in education. After mark-up, the bill must still garner Senate support and then pass the...VIEW ARTICLE
Partnership Zone School (Round 2) Profile: Laurel Middle School
October 11th, 2011
On September 1st, 2011, Secretary Lowery and the Department of Education announced the 6 schools chosen to participate in round 2 of the statewide Partnership Zone Initiative (for more information about the Partnership Zone, see our previous blogs). Last week a question was raised about the data used to determine the schools in the Partnership...VIEW ARTICLE
Partnership Zone School (Round 2) Profile: Lewis Dual Language Elementary School
September 12th, 2011
On September 1st, 2011, Secretary Lowery and the Department of Education announced the 6 schools chosen to participate in round 2 of the statewide Partnership Zone Initiative (for more information about the Partnership Zone, see our previous blogs). This blog is the fourth of a six part series detailing these six schools (part one, part two, part...VIEW ARTICLE