Tag: delaware schools
A “Grow Your Own” Dream Job: Q&A with Teacher Melodie Miller
Educator Support and Development
November 14th, 2022
Philly native Melodie Miller knew since kindergarten that she wanted to be a teacher one day. “I had a phenomenal kindergarten teacher named Miss Ross,” she says. “She really inspired me because when I was in kindergarten I couldn't necessarily read yet, but she read ‘Chicka Chicka Boom Boom’ almost every day.” Melodie...VIEW ARTICLE
Parent Advocacy Leads to New, More Accessible Online Kindergarten Registration System
Blog, Early Childhood Education, News
November 2nd, 2022
It was no secret that Delaware’s old kindergarten registration process was inaccessible to many families, but the new online kindergarten registration system aims to change that. Gov. John Carney, First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney, the Delaware Department of Education, and the Delaware Readiness Teams, in early October launched the new...VIEW ARTICLE
We Knew State and National Test Scores Would Drop. Now Let’s Get to Work.
October 26th, 2022
Scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a countrywide assessment for K-12 students known to insiders as the “nation’s report card,” were released earlier this week. And as observers like Future Ed have pointed out, the results paint a stark picture of the educational fallout from COVID-19. The...VIEW ARTICLE
Reasons to Be Optimistic about the Wilmington Learning Collaborative
October 8th, 2022
Next week marks the potential next step in a multiyear process led by Governor John Carney to bring together the Wilmington community to support schools in the city. As the state’s most populous city, with a history of structural racism and persistent poverty, Wilmington often stands apart in policy conversations—especially when...VIEW ARTICLE