Foreign takeover of U.S. public schools ???????

Islamic group applies for a charter. February 28, 2010 by homegrownboy re: blog Resolute Determination   Fethullah Gulen is major sponsor of charter schools all over the USA. Now they have applied to open one in DE. A quick web search reveals them to be either a great institution or a terrorist outpost which uses the school’s constant stream [...]

DE DOE water cooler is leaking! Dan WTF is going on?

National hype over charter schools hits home First State Math and Science Academy, a 6-12 college preparatory school, plans to open in either the Christina or Colonial school districts. Founder Ahmet Gunay, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Delaware, said he chose this location after examining state test scores in math and science to see [...]

News Journal’s Ron Williams fire scuds at bloggers

Still skeptical, but a little less: Blog socks it to insurance commissioner I don’t think much of bloggers who claim to be journalists, or professional journalists who resort to blogging, for that matter. Anyway, that train has left the station. Bloggers and anonymous chatterer/idiots have become a part of the media, whether old fogy journalists [...]

Reward failure with Race to The Top funding

Delaware education: Every public school to share ‘Top’ dollars; Half of $100 million award will go to state There are approximately 203 public / charter schools in Delaware to share 50 million dollars over four years. The state’s plan includes programs meant to reward good work and efforts to boost struggling schools. Five top-performing schools a [...]

Race to The Top’s subliminal message

Arthur says: Those of us who have worked in education/the public sector/fought for education have seen this how many times before? A new program is touted, some morons say they shouted out loud with excitement and now we must work. Then the time line works like this:  - ‘We will need 12 -18 months to [...]

Great WDEL interview with John Young of Christina School District

features/0330young.mp3 Looks like John Young Christina school board member has a very objective view of Race to The Top and concerns with limited funding for longterm objectives. John Young raises concerns that the public will be confused with $100 million RTTT dollars coming to Delaware and a call for referendum. RTTT funds cannot be used for general operating budget. However, [...]

No traditional public high school in Wilmington Delaware

Some say if the city of Wilmington Delaware were to have a high school it would be racially identifiable with predominately African-American students and would cause concerns in regards to the appearance of segregation. If you take a look at the racial makeup of Wilmington’s public schools since the approved Neighborhood Schools Act you’ll notice particularly [...]

Schooley needs to be tested for drug use

Educators rejoice at good news; Despite positive reactions, some concerned with methods Terry Schooley has worked in education most of her life. When the Democratic state representative from Newark heard Delaware won federal Race to the Top dollars, she began shouting with joy. “It’s wonderful,” she said. “Now the work begins.” So House Bill 119 was [...]

Greg Lavelle is right to be concerned

“I wish I could get excited about this, but I’m feeling kind of empty,” said Rep. Greg Lavelle, R-Sharpley. Lavelle said the program will create additional bureaucracy and impedes on states’ rights. And he worries there have been few specifics given on how the money will be spent. He said one Delaware superintendent described Race [...]

DE Legislators turns a blind eye to DE DOE violation of charter school law

Rumor has Delaware Secretary of Education Lowery  is insisting Delaware Institute of Technology charter school have a secured building location before a charter school application is approved.  How can a potential charter school be required to have a building before their charter school application is approved? If the application was not approved for other reasons the [...]