Tutoring often is misunderstood as someone helping a student with their homework. Itâs much more than that, said Dorrell Green, superintendent of Red Clay Consolidated School District. Effective tutoring involves concentrated instruction, hiring reading specialists and coaches and spending time in and out of the classroom to improve. Red Clayâs Lewis Elementary School has been experimenting with high-dosage tutoring techniques …
Education leaders fight bills adding days off for teachers
Bills that would expand the reasons and days for teachers to take days off from work divided legislators and public commenters in the Senate Education Committee Wednesday. Senate Bill 60, sponsored by Sen. Laura Sturgeon, D-Hockessin, who is chair of the committee, would give teachers and other school employees the same protection to be absent without a loss of pay …
2022 Rewind: Reading, teacher retention top 2022 education bills
This story was originally published in July 2022. Rodel, a local nonprofit espousing better education in Delaware, calls the 151st General Assembly, which just ended, the âEducation General Assembly,â in regard to the number of education bills that passed. âThereâs more than 50 education bills this session and a 7% increase in the budget,â said Madeleine Bayard, senior vice president of Rodel. âThey got …
Migrant students educated, supported in summer program
Children of migrant workers who move to Delaware â whether from a different state or a different country â can spend the summer receiving educational and social emotional support through a state and federal program. Delawareâs Migrant Education Program is specifically for migrants whose parents work in agriculture and who have moved in the previous three years. âIt can be …
Reading, teacher retention top successful 2022 education billsÂ
Rodel, a local nonprofit espousing better education in Delaware, calls the 151st General Assembly, which just ended, the âEducation General Assembly,â in regard to the number of education bills that passed. âThere’s more than 50 education bills this session and a 7% increase in the budget,â said Madeleine Bayard, senior vice president of Rodel. âThey got a lot done and …