The organization that ran a ton of back-end business operations for many Delaware charter schools is kaput. Their website is unavailable and their Facebook page hasn’t been updated since 2015. While details are few about when and why they … Continue reading
Tomorrow, we will know the fate of Delaware Met. The odds are in favor of charter revocation effective at the end of this marking period. The big question then becomes this: where will the students go? The last thing these … Continue reading
Delaware Met, the story that never stops. The latest? Turns out Innovative Schools is recruiting for an executive director. And the starting salary? $100,000.00 for the job. That’s a lot of money for a brand new charter. Is this in … Continue reading
Looks like Delaware Met isn’t the only brand new charter school to open this year that is having problems. Turns out First State Military Academy in Kent County is feeling major opening pains as well. First State Military Academy (FSMA) … Continue reading
Innovative Schools does many different things as a charter management organization. For the Delaware Met, they do Human Resources, Academic, Facilities, Financial, Management Consulting, Operations, and School Models (Big Picture Learning). For these services, Delaware Met has paid Innovative Schools … Continue reading
It seems Jemeul Anderson is no longer the Operations Manager for The Delaware Met. This role is through Innovative Schools. As announced last night, The Delaware Met is up for formal review consideration at the Delaware State Board of Education meeting tomorrow. … Continue reading
Innovative Schools started as a charter school management organization, but they are trying to get bigger. They have already infiltrated Seaford School District with their Delaware New Tech Academy, and they have plans to get even bigger by 2020. In … Continue reading
Now that the Delaware Met is closing down a month after it opened them, many in Delaware are asking “what the hell happened?” Don’t worry, I’m in that same group. In all my time doing this, I never got a … Continue reading
Tonight, Delaware Governor John Carney will attend a Christina Board of Education Study Session. When was the last time a sitting Governor went to a Board of Education meeting, much less a workshop? That is because Carney has big plans … Continue reading
The following press release was just sent out by the U.S. Education and the Workforce Committee regarding National Charter Schools Week. U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, a Republican from North Carolina and also the Chairwoman of the Committee, praises Eva Moskowitz … Continue reading
On Friday, the Delaware Department of Education and Delaware Secretary of Education Dr. Steven Godowsky had a little party at Dover Air Force Base Middle School. What was the occasion? Honoring schools who do good on standardized testing when it … Continue reading
How about them apples? Turns out the much ballyhooed funding for the Priority Schools initiative in Red Clay and Christina is not even going to be granted at the full amount now. If I were a judge looking at this, … Continue reading
Delaware Governor Jack Markell has painted himself into a corner, and his escape latch is disappearing by the day. In an article in EdWeek and also the Governor’s blog on his own website, Markell went to town on school vouchers while … Continue reading
“The Contractor will have a track record of influencing teachers, school leaders, parents, school boards, and other constituents, and will have the exceptional interpersonal skills and credibility to drive rapid performance through school turnaround initiatives. This critical role will report … Continue reading
Academy of Dover was placed on Formal Review by the Delaware State Board of Education last Thursday, April 16th. According to the Delaware Charter School Accountability Committee, the reasons for the request were in regards to potential financial mismanagement and … Continue reading
The News Journal has just announced the Delaware Department of Education has given an ultimatum: close your three priority schools, convert them to a charter, or hand them over to a management company. They have until February 27th to comply. … Continue reading
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
It is clear that the issue of desegregation has fallen off the agenda of the nation and the U.S. Department of Education. Not even DOE’s Office of Civil Rights has shown much interest…
I was going through my drafts folder on this blog and I found several articles I either started but never finished or ones where information changed drastically. For some of them, I either got bored writing it, it was repetitive … Continue reading
Events at Odyssey Charter School have been bubbling for some time now but they are coming to a boil in recent weeks. When the Odyssey Board of Directors chose not to renew Headmaster Nick Manolakos’ contract, they put forth Riccardo … Continue reading
Based on their 2015 tax filing, the Rodel Foundation of Delaware Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Paul Herdman, makes an astonishing $398,000. Keep in mind this was in 2015 so he is most likely well over that pesky $400,000 barrier. Good … Continue reading
