Tag: USED
P-20 Charts Path Forward; Signs onto RTTT-ELC
October 7th, 2011
Yesterday, the Delaware P-20 Council met for the first time since the membership was expanded and authority was clarified by legislation, focusing on the need to enact cross-agency data sharing regulations that meet our Race to the Top promises. With support from USED’s longitudinal data experts, they now will be drafting regulations for data...VIEW ARTICLE
NEA and TFA Agree – Teacher Preparation Needs an Overhaul
October 3rd, 2011
Last Friday, Secretary Arne Duncan unveiled his plan for teacher education reform and improvement in America’s schools at an Education Sector event. Secretary Duncan was joined by NEA president Dennis Van Roekel and Teach for America founder and CEO Wendy Kopp, both of whom endorsed the plan and gave their thoughts on educator preparation...VIEW ARTICLE
Duncan’s Decision on NCLB is the Right Call
August 9th, 2011
Secretary Duncan made the right call when he announced plans to override the centerpiece requirement of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) school accountability law that requires 100 percent proficiency in math and reading by 2014. I was working in the Washington D.C. area in 2002 when President Bush signed NCLB into law. I remember my colleagues...VIEW ARTICLE
Delaware’s Waiver Request on Educator Evaluation: We Must Fulfill our Commitments
July 8th, 2011
In its winning Race to the Top application, Delaware promised to implement the state regulations it passed in 2009 changing the state’s teacher, administrator, and specialist evaluation system, known as DPAS II. The planned change would finally link the evaluation of our teachers, leaders, and paraprofessionals to student growth. All of...VIEW ARTICLE