Tag: School Leadership

Heeding Connecticut

News

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...

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TNTP Report Outlines Recipe to Cultivate a High-Performing School

Policy and Practice

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...

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Why Are You Running? The Race for School Board Leadership is On

News

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...

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Delaware Opening Doors to Innovative Talent Management Strategies

Policy and Practice

March 8th, 2012

The Delaware Department of Education is requesting proposals to develop and launch a statewide teacher recruitment and talent management portal – enabling districts and schools to have access to potential educator candidates at their fingertips. The portal is part of Delaware’s Race to the Top initiative, signed off by every district in its...

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