Tag: Innovative Schools

Local and National Interest in Principals/School Leaders Rises

News, Policy and Practice

October 25th, 2011

Last week the application was released for the second cohort of the Delaware Leadership Project (DLP), an alternative principal pipeline aimed at training highly effective school leaders and putting them in schools that need them the most (for more on DLP see our previous post and DLP’s  website). There has been increased national attention...

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Make Mine A Model School

News

September 13th, 2011

This guest blog post was written by Robin Doordan, a team member of Innovative Schools. Make Mine A Model School is a community-based campaign to mobilize Delaware educators, students, families, and citizens who want modern schools that inspire passionate teaching and learning. The campaign is supported by Innovative Schools, a local non-profit...

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Project-Based Learning, Partnerships, and RTTT plans

News

July 20th, 2011

At least four school districts are planning to implement Project Based Learning (PBL) models through their RTTT proposals, some of which will involve national and local partners. As mentioned previously, Seaford School District is launching a “New Tech” Academy, a model of the New Tech Network, a non-profit organization with a nationally...

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Delaware Raises the Bar for Instructional Leadership

News, Policy and Practice

July 7th, 2011

When we look back forty years from now, the Delaware Leadership Project will be one of the key programs that helped move Delaware forward,” according to Governor Markell, who met with the seven aspiring principals last week as part of the program’s guest visitation day. At the event, visitors were able to see the program’s innovative...

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