Tag: Delaware education

A Coherent Vision for Supporting Teachers Emerging in Delaware

Educator Support and Development

May 24th, 2023

National headlines over the last few years echoed what education insiders have known for a while: states like Delaware need to better support its teachers, who, even post-pandemic, are increasingly overburdened and scarce.   One persistent wrinkle among the set of challenges: our teacher workforce doesn’t reflect the diversity of our...

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Teacher Apprenticeships Coming to Delaware

Educator Support and Development

May 11th, 2023

Delaware has a strong, multifaceted strategy in place when it comes to strengthening its educator pipeline. Like other states, Delaware continues to face educator shortages—prompting  the Delaware Workforce Development Board to name teaching “a priority, in-demand occupation.” The state has in place some short-term strategies...

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Meet the Local Students Helping Delaware “Reimagine Middle Grades”

Postsecondary Success

April 19th, 2023

Click here to explore the full "Am I High School Ready?" poster.  ARiyah Nocks, a junior at Sussex Technical High School and Yelitza Ortiz-Uscanga, a senior at Sussex Central High School—are studying art and design in school. Last fall, the pair collaborated on a special project—designing a poster for the burgeoning “Reimagining...

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Delaware Advances Early Literacy Initiatives

Early Childhood Education

March 27th, 2023

We often hear that children learn to read and then they read to learn—with this transition happening at a critical point in third grade. And we know that we as a state can do more to enable children to read to learn and reach their full potential. In recent years, the issue has gotten even more attention for a few reasons. A greater...

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