Tag: Low-income
January 16, 2013
January 16th, 2013
Local News Delaware Department of Education Delaware students selected for United States Senate Youth Program Two Delaware students will represent the First State as delegates to the 51st annual United States Senate Youth Program in March. Secretary of Education Mark Murphy selected Thurston Brevett, a Cab Calloway School of the Arts student...VIEW ARTICLE
An Outsider’s Experience at YES Prep Houston
November 7th, 2012
Jessica Rosati, a teacher at Prestige Academy Charter School in Wilmington, Delaware, contributed this guest blog post. YES (which stands for Youth Engaged in Service) Prep Public Schools is a network of public, open-enrollment charter schools located all throughout Greater Houston. The YES program is designed to prepare every student in grades...VIEW ARTICLE
October 31, 2012
Early Childhood Education, News, Policy and Practice
October 31st, 2012
Local News DDOE 28 top educators earn $10,000 incentives to continue driving student achievement in state's highest-need schools The Delaware Department of Education has named 28 educators who each have earned formal recognition and a $10,000 "retention incentive" as part of the first cohort of the state's Talent Retention initiative. The...VIEW ARTICLE
October 23, 2012
October 23rd, 2012
Local News Town Square Delaware iEducate Delaware: Margaret O’Dwyer Profile on iEducate Delaware honoree National News Education Week Coalition advances definition of career readiness In the hope of guiding education policy, more than two dozen business and education groups have come together as the Career Readiness Partner Council to try to...VIEW ARTICLE