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Perkins Act Offers Opportunities for Delaware Schools
May 15th, 2012
Last reauthorized in 2006, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act is the federal government’s largest investment in career training and the primary channel through which USED funds career and technical education (CTE) at the secondary and undergraduate levels. Recently, Secretary Duncan unveiled the Administration’s blueprint...VIEW ARTICLE
Mediocre Isn’t Good Enough
January 31st, 2012
On Tuesday, Jan. 31, the Fordham Institute released its “State of the State” analysis on science content standards across the country. They have done this before—earlier last year they reviewed Delaware’s Social Studies standards (we didn’t do very well), and in 2010 they reviewed ELA (we failed) and math (we got a B). With such a spotty...VIEW ARTICLE
Plugging the Summer Brain Drain
August 10th, 2011
Average American students lose approximately one month of learning in both math and reading over summer vacation, a recent RAND Corporation study finds, with low-income students losing at least two months of reading knowledge while their upper-income peers actually gain a month. However, good summer programs – those with small classes...VIEW ARTICLE
Project-Based Learning, Partnerships, and RTTT plans
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...VIEW ARTICLE