Tag: Teach For America
May 14, 2013
Early Childhood Education, News, Policy and Practice
May 14th, 2013
Local News The News Journal Indian River School District to put guards in all schools The Indian River School District will hire enough security officers to patrol every school in the district as a “proactive safety measure,” and is considering arming all of them. The district’s school board voted to add the officers at its May 8 meeting...VIEW ARTICLE
April 22, 2013
April 22nd, 2013
Local News Delaware Today Delaware’s new writing standards seek to improve lagging skills in K-12 students Common Core standards are a clear set of shared goals and expectations that determine what knowledge and skills will help students succeed. Local teachers, principals, superintendents and others will decide how the standards are to be met...VIEW ARTICLE
Painting a Portrait of Delaware’s Teachers
April 19th, 2013
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Yesterday, a portrait of Delaware’s teacher workforce was unveiled as part of Harvard’s Strategic Data Project[1] - and the preliminary results show both the value of data and areas of improvement here in The First State. The report, titled “Delaware Educator Diagnostic: An Analysis of The...VIEW ARTICLE
March 13, 2013
Early Childhood Education, News, Policy and Practice
March 13th, 2013
Local News The News Journal Colonial School District may slash staff, sports in cuts Superintendent Dorothy Linn shared her proposal at a school board meeting at George Read Middle School on East Basin Road near New Castle. She stated that academics would not be spared. The district would jettison a plan to participate in a new statewide...VIEW ARTICLE