Tag: delaware schools
Q&A with Delaware Teacher of the Year Kimberly Stock
March 3rd, 2021
From a virtual celebration at a socially distanced watch party at McKean High School, Kimberly Stock was named the 2021 Delaware Teacher of the Year last fall. Stock, an English learner teacher, also teaches AP Literature and Composition and eleventh grade English language arts—all while managing the language acquisition plans for more...VIEW ARTICLE
The COVID Context: Delaware’s Falling School Enrollment
Funding and Equity, News, The COVID Context
February 18th, 2021
For the first time in a decade, Delaware public school enrollment has dropped. This trend spans the country—just one of the many shakeups caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Delaware, enrollment triggers a handful of important policy and budgetary questions. A drop in public school enrollment brings many concerns with it, such as: a...VIEW ARTICLE
Why Teacher Residencies Are Becoming the Next Big Thing in Teacher Prep
Partnerships, Policy and Practice
January 27th, 2021
Just as doctors-in-training spend intensive, immersive time training as a hospital resident; some of our future teachers are trading in shorter stints in schools for a full year inside a classroom, serving as co-teachers alongside veteran educators while receiving a paid stipend. While institutions like Wilmington University and...VIEW ARTICLE
Why Are We Still Doing Referendums?
Funding and Equity, Policy and Practice
January 6th, 2021
Public school finance spins a complex and intricate web of policy decisions. When we’ve written about Delaware school funding and funding equity in the past, we’ve focused on resource allocation, how we count students, and property reassessment. Yet another important piece of the puzzle is the local tax rate and school...VIEW ARTICLE