Tag: dual enrollment
July 18, 2013
July 18th, 2013
Local News The News Journal Report card on schools released Parents and students will get their first look at the results of state standardized tests for the past year when officials release the data this afternoon. Statewide results on the Delaware Comprehensive Assessment, or DCAS, will be made public during the State Board of Education...VIEW ARTICLE
June 12, 2013
News, Policy and Practice, Postsecondary Success
June 12th, 2013
Local News The Washington Post The tea party is wrong on the Common Core curriculum An opinion by Governor Jack Markell Over the past three years, 45 states have adopted the Common Core State Standards. These objectives were developed to ensure that America’s students acquire the academic skills they need to reach their full potential. Yet the...VIEW ARTICLE
April 23, 2013
April 23rd, 2013
Local News Delaware Department of Education St. Andrew's named U.S. Green Ribbon School Today U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan named St. Andrew’s School in Middletown among 64 schools named as 2013 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools. Duncan named the second annual U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools honorees...VIEW ARTICLE
Delaware’s Students are Returning to Public Schools
March 15th, 2013
According to a recent report by the Delaware Department of Education, private school enrollment is the lowest it has been in over twenty years. Additionally, between the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years, Delaware saw one of the most significant dips in private school enrollment, losing 8.4 percent of its population. At the same time, public...VIEW ARTICLE