Posted: December 16th, 2011 | Author: Education Week: Delaware | Filed under: Delaware | Comments Off
Posted: December 13th, 2011 | Author: Education Week: Delaware | Filed under: Delaware | Comments Off
Teacher evaluation proves among the toughest issues as Hawaii seeks to put its $75 million Race to the Top grant into effect.
Posted: November 1st, 2011 | Author: Education Week: Delaware | Filed under: Delaware | Comments Off
States and districts should not be bound to traditional principal-preparation programs when developing school leaders.
Posted: May 24th, 2011 | Author: Education Week: Delaware | Filed under: Delaware | Comments Off
The scramble is on to meet ambitious goals as Race to the Top implementation ramps up.
Posted: May 10th, 2011 | Author: Education Week: Delaware | Filed under: Delaware | Comments Off
A scolding from the U.S. Secretary of Education and the resulting public pressure were apparently enough to persuade a Delaware school board to reaffirm its commitment to the state's reform plans.
Posted: February 1st, 2011 | Author: Education Week: Delaware | Filed under: Delaware | Comments Off
In a bid to raise college awareness and readiness among high school students, the state of Delaware will offer every 11th grader the chance to take the SAT college-entrance exam, free of charge, during the school day.
Posted: July 8th, 2010 | Author: Education Week: Delaware | Filed under: Delaware | Comments Off
Posted: January 5th, 2010 | Author: Education Week: Delaware | Filed under: Delaware | Comments Off
A Washington-based company has won a five-year, $24.6 million contract to develop Delaware's new assessment system for public school students.
Posted: November 3rd, 2009 | Author: Education Week: Delaware | Filed under: Delaware | Comments Off
The head of a Delaware state task force on school discipline says zero-tolerance policies leave no room for rational thinking.
Posted: October 20th, 2009 | Author: Education Week: Delaware | Filed under: Delaware | Comments Off
A Delaware 1st grader who was facing 45 days in an alternative school for taking a camping utensil to school has now been allowed to return to class.