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 learning.”   While the principal [...]

Part of Town Square Delaware’s August Education Series.     Last March marked a historic moment for the State of Delaware when it became one of two U.S. states to receive the nation’s first Race to the Top awards from the federal government. Delaware’s new effort builds on nearly 10 years of education reform taking [...]