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Education Series
Matthew Ladner Offers Solutions to Education Woes
Education performance in Delaware is mediocre in a country – our United States of America – whose performance is less than mediocre when compared to other major countries. More than 50 years ago Dr. Milton Friedman, a true visionary committed to improving education, rightly foresaw a top-down educational system being…
By: Town Square DelawareKeep “The Irreplaceables” In Our Classrooms
The New Teacher Project’s (TNTP) recently released report, “The Irreplaceables: Understanding the Real Retention Crisis in America’s Urban Schools,” has parallels (albeit not perfect) to fantasy football league “can’t cut” lists. I know the idea of an education report having similarities to an activity millions around the country partake in…
By: Town Square DelawareDo You Know An Education Hero?
Last Tuesday I attended the 25th anniversary of New York City Outward Bound Schools, an organization that I worked for as a founding teacher in the late eighties. When NYC Outward Bound was established in 1987 it was the first independent urban Outward Bound Center in the U.S. Its motto…
By: Town Square DelawareBig Steps for Small Fish
Sporting water shoes and baseball caps, nearly a dozen Wilmington Friends students gathered on the rocky shore of the Brandywine River this past Saturday morning and released shad fry into the water. Many years ago, the small fish sustained George Washington’s troops, serving as a plentiful food source, but over…
By: Parthena MoisaidisStand on My Shoulders
As a state, as a community, and as Delawareans, we need to work together to find ways to provide an excellent education for all of our children. With just five weeks under my belt as the new Executive Director for Delaware Charter Schools Network, I am a new voice in…
By: Town Square DelawareSchool Boards Must Act As Guardians Of Constituents’ Trust
I hear too often these days from friends and family responding to my rants on our current state of education. Many of them appreciate the passion I’m attempting to show either in my comments here on Town Square Delaware, or through my more real-time updates on outlets like Twitter and…
By: Mike MatthewsTSD Q&A: Sanford’s Mark Anderson
The 2011-2012 school year began with a new head of Sanford School in Hockessin. Mark Anderson joined the independent school after serving as head of Whitfield School in St. Louis, Missouri. TSD caught up with the dynamic young educator to find out more about his plans for the school and…
By: Town Square DelawareThe August Education Series (Best Of 2011)
We at TSD are celebrating the end of 2011 with the year’s best posts. It’s been a year filled with great stories and strong opinions, always reflecting the best of the First State. ORIGINAL PUBLISHING DATE: September 1, 2011 – School bells are ringing all across the First State as…
By: Town Square DelawareA New Pipeline For School Leaders
Recently, there has been increased local and national attention on the role of school leaders and their impact on helping to improve our highest need public schools. Research conducted by the Wallace Foundation has found that “leadership is second only to teaching among school-related factors in its impact on student…
By: Deborah DoordanOur Collective Obligation: The Quest For Better Schools
Deep and complex problems often beget innovation. So does desperation. Delaware’s Race to the top has a healthy dose of each as it seeks to radically change outcomes for our children. The reform mainstream would like us all to believe that our educational system is so corrupt, desperately broken, that…
By: Town Square Delaware