What Is Vision 2015?  

Vision 2015 is a bold plan created by education, government, business and civic leadership, and citizens in Delaware to provide world-class public education for all students in Delaware. Click here to read more.

What Is Vision 2015?

Vision 2015 Conference  

Thank you for attending our annual conference held on Wednesday, October 17 at the University of Delaware. For a conference recap, click here.

Vision 2015 Conference

Vision Network  

The Vision Network is composed of districts and schools throughout Delaware that are committed to the principles of Vision 2015. Both individually and collectively, they are working to accelerate student achievement through improved leadership, classroom instruction, and school culture, and they are sharing best practices with one another at district and school levels.

Vision Network

Did You Know?  

Research shows that teacher quality is the biggest in-school factor in student achievement. In fact, the average student who has three teachers in the top 25th percentile for three consecutive school years will improve from the 50th to the 60th percentile.

“Children First,” New York City, 2007.

Did You Know?

What is Vision 2015?

Vision 2015 is a bold and coherent plan designed to provide a world-class education to all public school students in Delaware. Developed in 2006 by a coalition of education, government, business and civic leaders throughout Delaware, it also laid the foundation for Delaware’s first-place selection in the federal Race to the Top competition. Click here to download the full plan and executive summary.

Promising Practices

Delaware’s public schools have a lot to be proud of. Many of them are already demonstrating Vision 2015 recommendations. Read more about Delaware’s promising practices.

Vision Network

Today, 26 district and charter schools serving 23,000 students in Delaware are implementing key Vision 2015 recommendations related to school leadership and data-informed instruction. Learn more about the work they are doing to accelerate student achievement.

Race to the Top

In March 2010, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced Delaware as the first-place winner of Race to the Top, the federal government’s largest competitive grants program to improve public education. The win was an enormous gain for Delaware, resulting in a $119 million four-year grant and placing the state at the forefront of national education reform. Read more.

Did You Know?

On average, a college graduate earns $1.3 million more during his/her lifetime than a high school dropout.
— U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey, 2010