Tag: Common Core

Are the Expectations the Same in Smyrna and Singapore? Common Core in the Classroom

News

February 21st, 2012

In 2006, Vision 2015 recommended that “our standards [become] as challenging as those that the highest-performing countries expect their students to meet,” and four years later Delaware adopted the Common Core State Standards along with 44 other states and D.C.  The promise of these standards is their ability to set a common, higher bar for...

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Students Should Be Measured on Mastery, Not Time in Their Seat

News

February 10th, 2012

As next generation learning inevitably proliferates, states are reevaluating polices that no longer accommodate students’ learning needs in the evolving 21st century – with a particular focus on changing seat time requirements. As a former teacher, I couldn’t be more heartened to see this development. I remember it well – standing in...

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Waiver Presents Opportunity to Reorient State’s Turnaround Strategy

News

January 26th, 2012

After seeking input from various stakeholders throughout the state, the Department of Education will submit their final ESEA waiver application to the feds on February 6th, outlining our state’s vision for education reform in the coming years – with a particular focus on revamping our accountability system for school recognition and...

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Delaware Maintains C+ Average As a Few States Pass Us By

News, Policy and Practice

January 17th, 2012

Delaware maintained our C+ average while falling three places from last year to 25th among states according to Education Week’s recently released Quality Counts report, which measures states’ progress across six categories (chance for success, K-12 achievement, transitions and alignment, school finance analysis, the teaching profession, and...

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