Tag: DDOE
Perkins Act Offers Opportunities for Delaware Schools
May 15th, 2012
Last reauthorized in 2006, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act is the federal government’s largest investment in career training and the primary channel through which USED funds career and technical education (CTE) at the secondary and undergraduate levels. Recently, Secretary Duncan unveiled the Administration’s blueprint...VIEW ARTICLE
Thank You, Lillian
April 20th, 2012
This morning in Delaware we got news that I was hoping not to get for at least a couple more years. Our own Lillian Lowery, Delaware’s Secretary of Education, has taken a job as the new Secretary of Education in Maryland. On a personal and professional level, I will miss her deeply. She is one of those amazing people that can walk into...VIEW ARTICLE
Down and Out in Laurel: State names financial recovery team for school district
March 19th, 2012
News that the state had named a financial recovery team to help manage Laurel School District’s finances was not wholly unexpected. The district, which now expects a $106,000 budget shortfall for the current fiscal year, has been steadily sounding alarm bells about its dire fiscal predicament over the past several months, including the...VIEW ARTICLE
What Delaware’s Mid-year Race to the Top Evaluation Tells Us
March 16th, 2012
This week, the Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) released a mid-year “progress report” on Race to the Top reforms. The report includes statewide DCAS data, as well as highlights from the mid-year performance evaluations of the students in twelve districts (districts participated or not based on the size of their grant and/or their past...VIEW ARTICLE