Tag: teacher prep
September 30, 2013
News, Policy and Practice, Postsecondary Success, Student-Centered Learning
September 30th, 2013
Local News The News Journal A chance to challenge Delaware’s most advanced students An opinion by Lt. Governor Matt Denn and Dr. Terri Hodges the Delaware PTA’s federal legislative chair Our public school students come to us with many different talents and challenges. Our responsibility is to help all of them fulfill their potential. Many...VIEW ARTICLE
September 25, 2013
September 25th, 2013
Local News Delaware Department of Education Three Delaware schools receive national Blue Ribbon School recognition Three Delaware schools are among 286 schools nationwide that U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recognized today as 2013 National Blue Ribbon Schools, based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in improving...VIEW ARTICLE
September 20, 2013
September 20th, 2013
Local News The News Journal Markell riles Common Core doubters with talk of 'mythology' On a day Delaware committed further to the national education standards movement, Gov. Jack Markell dismissed critics of those policies in a national TV appearance. Chuck Todd, host of The Daily Rundown on MSNBC, asked Markell on Thursday morning if there was...VIEW ARTICLE
Grants Support Innovative New Teacher Induction
September 11th, 2013
According to American economist Theodore Levitt, “Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.” “Doing new things,” in the area of new teacher induction programs, is precisely what the Comprehensive Induction Program (CIP) Competitive Grants will fund during the 2013-14 school year. Six districts were awarded a...VIEW ARTICLE