Tag: college

September 6, 2013

News, Policy and Practice

September 6th, 2013

Local News Middletown Transcript State officials get a lesson in Common Core at Silver Lake Elementary School teacher Melissa Bowser did her best this week to present a typical third-grade English lesson to some very atypical students. “Like usual, I’m differentiating my instruction to make sure all my students get what they need,” she said...

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August 28, 2013

News, Postsecondary Success, Student-Centered Learning

August 28th, 2013

Local News The News Journal Technology helps teachers reach children in new ways Some students across Delaware are going back to school in the classroom of the future, finding their pencils and paper replaced with tablet computers and their chalkboards swapped with big-screen TVs. Different Delaware schools are using different technological tools...

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August 22, 2013

News, Policy and Practice, Postsecondary Success, Student-Centered Learning

August 22nd, 2013

Local News The Newark Post Newark Charter opens high school Patrick Delaney knows he got lucky that Newark Charter School added a high school just as he was finishing eighth grade. Now, rather than head off to a different high school this year, he can finish out his school career at the place where he’s been since third grade. “It was that...

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August 9, 2013

Policy and Practice, Postsecondary Success

August 9th, 2013

Local News WHYY Maybe the schools shouldn't open An opinion by Dave Davies It's gotten crazy. Year after year, the Philadelphia school system approaches the abyss and appeals to everyone for help. And city taxpayers, seeing no one else coming, step in to save the day. Year after year, the district loses students and revenue to charter schools...

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