Tag: Partnership Zone
Partnership Zone School (Round 2) Profile: Bancroft Elementary School
September 6th, 2011
On September 1st, 2011, Secretary Lowery and the Department of Education announced the 6 schools chosen to participate in round 2 of the statewide Partnership Zone Initiative (for more information about the Partnership Zone, see our previous blogs). This blog is the first of a six part series detailing these six schools. Bancroft is...VIEW ARTICLE
The Promise of District Race to the Top Plans
August 31st, 2011
Earlier this summer we set about the business of reading Race to the Top plans for all the state’s 19 districts. Over the next few years in Delaware, roughly $50 million dollars—about 40 percent of Race to the Top funds—will be distributed through the plans, so this is a big deal. We’ve been offering detailed commentary on specific...VIEW ARTICLE
Delaware Opens Door to Turnaround Partners
August 8th, 2011
The Delaware Department of Education published a Request for Qualification (RFQ) for Lead Partner organizations to help turnaround student learning within our state’s lowest-performing schools chosen to participate in the Partnership Zone Initiative. The RFI will solicit and evaluate proposals from interested Lead Partners, resulting in a list...VIEW ARTICLE
State Test Scores Released Today
July 21st, 2011
The Delaware Department of Education just released the results of the new Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System (DCAS) for the 2010-11 school year. Here’s what we can expect from the first-year results and how we can use and interpret them. In previous years, students took the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP), a paper-and-pencil test...VIEW ARTICLE