Tag: Common Core
July 12, 2012
July 12th, 2012
Local News WDEL Red Clay School District tax rate down, services intact Needs-based funding contributed to a decrease of the district’s tax rate. Also, Leah Davis was elected unanimously (and ran unopposed) for the position as school board president. Martin Wilson Sr. was elected to serve as vice-president. National News The Economist Charting a...VIEW ARTICLE
July 10, 2012
July 10th, 2012
National News The New York Times The opportunity gap An op-ed by David Brooks Equal opportunity, once core to the nation’s identity, is now a tertiary concern. According to a study by Harvard’s Robert Putnam, a generation ago, working-class parents spent slightly more time with their kids than college-educated parents. Now college-educated...VIEW ARTICLE
Aligning Assessments to Common Core
June 25th, 2012
Even as we continue to analyze the latest round of DCAS data and await detailed school-by-school results, work is underway on the future Delaware state assessment. One of two multi-state assessment consortia formed in the wake of Race to the Top, the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) is developing ELA and math assessments that are...VIEW ARTICLE
Lessons From Abroad: Connecting international best practices to Delaware
April 17th, 2012
I just got back from a trip to Europe last week, my first time overseas. And while I won’t bore you with the details (except one below), reading this article published by The Atlantic highlights something that hit home for me during my trip. In our current education reform debate, we shouldn’t hesitate to look locally and globally to find...VIEW ARTICLE