Tag: Governor Markell
October 18, 2012
Early Childhood Education, News, Policy and Practice
October 18th, 2012
Local News The News Journal State education vision stays on promising path An editorial It’s clear that the train of education reform that has been chugging along for the last five years in Delaware is quickening its pace and further distancing itself from years of mediocrity in the classroom. This was obvious Wednesday as presenter after...VIEW ARTICLE
September 21, 2012
September 21st, 2012
Local News DFM News State sets new framework for monitoring state charter schools State education leaders and Governor Jack Markell today unveiled a new set of standards to monitor the performance of charter schools authorized by the State Board of Education. The “performance framework,” as the standards are known, “provides a consistent...VIEW ARTICLE
August 29, 2012
August 29th, 2012
Local News Sussex County Post Outside the box? School financing needs an equitable overhaul An opinion by Rep. Dan Short For too many years, public policymakers in Delaware have debated how to make school financing fair for all students. Yet, to date, the answers continue to be inadequate and school funding remains unequal across the districts...VIEW ARTICLE
August 21, 2012
August 21st, 2012
Local News The News Journal Markell, Murphy greet elementary pupils While most of Delaware’s public school students and educators return to the classroom next week, the students at Maple Lane Elementary in Claymont have been back at it for nearly three weeks. WDEL Colonial S.D. holds referendum info meeting Colonial school officials say the...VIEW ARTICLE