This year, we noticed an unmistakable trend: we kept adding districts to our network from Delaware, and each district had seriously impressive outcomes from work with high-quality curriculum!
The stories in Brandywine, Cape Henlopen, Laurel, and Seaford are each individually compelling – and collectively, they make a powerful case for curriculum as a change agent, to improve instruction, drive impressive reading and math outcomes, and to fuel quality professional learning for teachers.
On August 3rd, leaders from our four Delaware districts shared their curriculum journeys – both the success stories and the learnings along the way. They also explored the question: why is high-quality curriculum work taking off right now in Delaware?
Speakers:
- Ashley Giska – Superintendent of Teaching and Learning, Laurel School District
- Kelly Carvajal Hageman – Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Seaford School District
- Lavina Jones-Davis – Director of Elementary Education, Brandywine School District
- Jennifer Nauman – Assistant Superintendent, Cape Henlopen School District
Related Reading
You can read more about Delaware districts’ success stories in The 74, which has been featuring their work in a series of Curriculum Case Studies, as well as on the Knowledge Matters School Tour site:
- From ‘Focus’ to ‘Exceptional,’ How a Delaware School Transformed Student Literacy in Just 3 Years (Brandywine)
- How Implementing a New Language Arts Program Accelerated English Learners’ Reading By a Year — in Just One Month’s Time (Cape Henlopen)
- How One School District in the ‘Nylon Capital of the World’ Once Faced State Takeover for Poor Performance, then Became Among the Best in Delaware (Seaford)
- The Knowledge Matters School Tour visit to Laurel Elementary School (Laurel)
