Tag: Higher Education
March 4, 2013
March 4th, 2013
Local News The News Journal Mentors sought to fill vital role for young students The parents struggling to support their families often must work extra shifts to pay bills and put food on the table. Classrooms are crowded, so the extra support a child needs to improve in areas such as reading is often difficult to come by. That’s where...VIEW ARTICLE
March 1, 2013
March 1st, 2013
Local News Delaware Department of Education Delaware receives national award for innovative education policy The Governor’s plan for strengthening Delaware schools laid the foundation for Delaware’s 2010 first-place win in the federal Race to the Top (RTTT) and 2011 win in the federal Early Learning Challenge grant competitions. “With this...VIEW ARTICLE
February 28, 2013
February 28th, 2013
National News Education Week State councils propel STEM education Jeremy Hoffmann and his classmates conduct experiments in a physical-world concepts class at the L&N STEM Academy in Knoxville, Tenn., last week. Tennessee is one of the states that has set up a STEM council. As STEM education gains ever more prominence, statewide...VIEW ARTICLE
February 27, 2013
Early Childhood Education, News, Policy and Practice
February 27th, 2013
Local News WDDE Additional time helps improve Delaware teacher survey response An extra nine days got the state Department of Education much closer to its goal of 80 percent participation in a recent teacher survey about their workplace. The window for responding to the TELL Delaware survey closed at midnight Monday. The final tally of responses...VIEW ARTICLE