Tag: School Leadership
Honor Delawareans Who Ignite Learning
July 3rd, 2012
The temperature isn’t the only thing going up in Delaware—so is the number of great stories being shared through iEducate Delaware! After requests to do so, we’ve extended the nomination deadline to this Friday, July 6 at midnight - yet it’s still just right around the corner. Be sure to remember to visit iEducateDelaware.org to fill out...VIEW ARTICLE
Heeding Connecticut
April 9th, 2012
All too often, poverty is cited as the reason why so many of Delaware’s highest-need students show poor performance in the classroom. Poverty can be a factor, clearly. Yet, to use poverty as an excuse that lets all of us—educators, parents, public officials, business and community leaders—off the hook is unproductive and poorly...VIEW ARTICLE
TNTP Report Outlines Recipe to Cultivate a High-Performing School
April 2nd, 2012
In education, as most endeavors, people always look for the silver bullet – that one thing that will make the difference between bad and good or good and great. And while I firmly believe there is no magic wand to wave in education, TNTP’s recently published report Greenhouse Schools: How Schools Can Build Cultures Where Teachers and Students...VIEW ARTICLE
Why Are You Running? The Race for School Board Leadership is On
March 27th, 2012
If you have attended local school board meetings, you’ll know they can be thoughtful, productive, policy-focused, and decisive. They also can be long, tedious, weed-strewn, raucous, and frustrating. Were it not for the significant responsibilities that board members have for the quality of our schools, one might wonder why anyone would...VIEW ARTICLE