Tag: higher ed
September 19, 2013
News, Policy and Practice, Postsecondary Success
September 19th, 2013
Local News The New York Times Delaware seeks to steer the poor to top colleges Delaware announced on Wednesday a new effort to encourage high-achieving low-income students to apply to top colleges, saying it would send application fee waivers and other information to every such high school senior in the state. The program — a collaboration...VIEW ARTICLE
September 17, 2013
Early Childhood Education, News, Policy and Practice, Postsecondary Success, Student-Centered Learning
September 17th, 2013
Local News The News Journal Opinions sought on school systems A group of “concerned citizens” wants to personally survey at least 5,000 Delawareans in an effort to put their thoughts on education issues in front of state leaders. “There are so many things happening in education right now, and there’s so much momentum,” said Rod Ward, who...VIEW ARTICLE
September 6, 2013
September 6th, 2013
Local News Middletown Transcript State officials get a lesson in Common Core at Silver Lake Elementary School teacher Melissa Bowser did her best this week to present a typical third-grade English lesson to some very atypical students. “Like usual, I’m differentiating my instruction to make sure all my students get what they need,” she said...VIEW ARTICLE
New National Teacher Training Standards Approved
News, Policy and Practice, Postsecondary Success
August 30th, 2013
Both locally and nationally, changes are afoot in the way teachers are trained. With the consolidation of NCATE and TEAC this year, The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) has become the new accrediting body for educator training. In a politically bold move, the CAEP Board of Directors established a “Commission on...VIEW ARTICLE