Tag: Education
Over At Kilroy’s: What About The (Charter) Children?
I’ve been having a back and forth with Kilroy over at his blog. It all started with this thought in his post entitled: Pennsylvania moves towards school voucher.
Denn Highlights Education Successes
In yesterday’s News Journal Lt. Gov. Matt Denn wrote a op-ed highlighting some of the successes we’ve had in education in Delaware.
Independence Day?
So I wonder what these people will be celebrating on Monday? According to a new poll by Marist, more than a quarter of Americans couldn’t correctly identify the country from which the United States declared its independence. While 74 percent correctly named Great Britain, 20 percent said they weren’t sure and six percent named other […]
Let’s Hear It for Evolution
The 2011 Miss USA “scholarship” pageant was held last night in Las Vegas. Out of the 51 contestants, only two of them said that they believed in evolution. Out of all the contestants in last night’s Miss USA pageant, only two affirmed they thought evolution should be taught in schools. The winner, 21-year-old Alyssa Campanella […]
Appoquinimink Names New Superintendent
Today the Appoquinimink School District is announcing that their next superintendent will be Matt Burrows, currently the principal of Redding Middle School. Burrows will replace retiring superintendent, Tony Marchio. Appo is the fastest growing school district in the state, so Mr. Burrows has his work cut out for him.
Quote of the Day 5/17/11
“Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be maintained.” – President James A. Garfield
Sunday Reading — Education
There have been a few articles in various places over the week that might be of interest as we continue to debate the future of education here in Delaware:
The Miracle That Wasn’t
USA Today investigated the standardized test scores of some schools labeled successful and found some unusual patterns.
A Tea Partier’s Letter To His Teacher Wife
A Tea Partier in Ohio writes a letter of apology to his teacher wife for voting for John Kasich.
Guest Post: Delaware’s Education Insight Project (Part 2: What Will It Look Like?)
The following is a guest post by Mike Oboryshko. Mike is a Red Clay parent and a friend of mine and of this blog. In Part 1, I introduced the Education Insight Project, and went over the RFPs that define the beginning of design and implementation. In Part 2, we will get into some more […]
Guest Post: Delaware’s Education Insight Project (Part 1: What Is It?)
The following is a guest post by Mike Oboryshko. Mike is a Red Clay parent and a friend of mine and of this blog. Last Friday, a pair of RFPs were awarded to develop some major new technologies for Delaware schools, as part of Delaware’s Education Insight Project. This project was outlined in Delaware’s Race […]
More Charter Schools For Delaware
I have mixed feelings about Charter Schools. My main problem centers on the Charter School of Wilmington and its Admission Placement test and the way their success is touted – as if CSW teachers/staff/administrators have accomplished an amazing academic feat, instead of the truth: If you only accept the best and the brightest students the […]
Rating Delaware Public High Schools
Delaware Today released their rating of the best high schools and there is no surprise which is number one
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