Told you! Duncan wants a national DSTP test

NCC delegation meets with U.S. Secretary of Education on the need to provide equal education to all children #RTTT #edreform #fail Standardized tests alone are not a satisfactory measure of progress, Duncan said, “but they must be part of the equation” of assessing improvements in schools.

Ice Ice Jack

Markell has a clue but can’t find the groove. His education reform plan is about lame as as this video. When will Jack walk the talk?

Jack Markell insensitive education policies

Markell sells out Moyer students to honor a backdoor RTTT deal. Markell rode the “change” coattails of Obama. Now Markell drops his pants and put his ass in the faces of those who choice into Moyer Academy. Tell Charter School of Wilmington they need to open their doors to low achieving minorities and see how Markell dances for the affluent.  

Moyer Academy the sacrifical lamb

Delaware schools: Moyer chief tells families to enroll elsewhere The state cited this closure in its federal Race to the Top application, using it as evidence that the state is committed to taking drastic action to reform failing schools. There you have it, it was all about the Race to The Top money! Why was’t Warner [...]

Markell’s power play on poor communities

Changes made by author 3 rd Draft Tuesday, June 29, 2010 Desk of Theopalis K. Gregory, Sr., J.D.________________________ We are saddened and disappointed to learn that efforts have failed to keep the school open. Once again we find persons refusing to accept responsibility and engaging in the blame game. Moyer Academy’s leadership fought feverishly and [...]

Teachers painted in a corner

On occasion I’ve made somewhat critical  negative remarks about DSEA. The comments are not about DSEA being union aka organized labor as I am pro organized labor. The reason we have unions is because  the United States government’s failure to protect workers’ safety, working conditions and fair reasonable compensation. Those of you who are not union members [...]

Delaware trivial question of the day!

Question???  What is the power output of the solar panel system on the new Delaware Welcome Center Travel Plaza ? Bonus question ? How tall are the towers supporting the wind turbines at the travel plaza?

Arne Duncan snakes America’s Governors

The Federal Takeover of the Public Schools The 48 state Governors (except for Texas and Alaska) signed the Common Core standards adoption agreements before the public was told about the national tests.   U. S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan waited until the state contracts were signed before he made the rest of the plan [...]

Federal takeover of America’s schools

Obama policy blamed for popular principal’s reassignment Washington Post An elementary school principal in Lincoln, Neb., is being reassigned. District officials say that she’s great and that the school’s real problem is poverty. But , they say, the price for receiving millions of federal stimulus dollars is her reassignment. “It is a direct result of the [...]

Moyer Charter School; Markell’s educational Katrina

Delaware schools: Property sale may doom Moyer; Defunct charter school, state at odds over fate of building While leaders of the soon-to-be-shuttered Moyer Academy Charter School are considering selling property to satisfy what could be a six-figure budget deficit, the state Department of Education warned Friday that the move would likely end the possibility of [...]