The Race is On!
After months of strategic planning and stakeholder engagement, the Markell administration submitted Delaware's $107 million Race to the Top application on Tuesday, January 19. Listen to audio from the press conference.
Included in Delaware's application were statements of support from EVERY board of education, superintendent, teachers association, charter school board and charter school leader in the state.
We congratulate Governor Markell and Secretary Lowery for their leadership as Delaware competes for a share of the $4.35 billion federal fund designated to support states that are truly committed to bold education reform. We will learn in early April if our state's plan will be awarded funding in the first round of Race to the Top. Read more on how Delaware stacks up relative to the rest of the nation.
Governor Markell, U.S. Secretary Duncan Speak at Vision 2015 Forum
On Tuesday, October 27, Delaware took the spotlight of education reform as we welcomed U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to the leadership forum, Vision 2015 and Delaware’s Race to the Top.
Secretary Duncan provided the keynote address at the conference (see video above), which also featured Governor Jack Markell, Secretary of Education Lillian Lowery, and Vision 2015 Chair Skip Schoenhals. Panels of national and local experts also discussed how Delaware can recruit and retain more highly effective teachers and how we can meet the critical needs of chronically low-performing schools.
For full coverage of the event, including presentations, videos, and other related media, visit our Community Events page.