All Posts Tagged With: "Christina School District"

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All Drama, No KIDS

That’s how I characterized the recent brouhahas of the Christina School Board with their RTT fiascos in correspondence with Pandora.

Now we have the next act of the Christina School District All Drama, no KIDS extravaganza as Councilman Jea Street weighs in to call for the State to take over the District.

12May2011 | cassandra_m | 5 comments | Continued
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Guess I’ll Have To Listen To Jensen Today

Over at Kilroy’s, Nancy Willing states that John Young and Lillian Lowery will be on the Rick Jensen show today.  Warning:  Nancy’s info had better be correct! 
Consider this an open thread on the subject.  Hey, maybe someone will answer my questions!
My questions:
1. Who wrote the assessment plan? Specifically, the part that assessed, and [...]

3May2011 | pandora | 110 comments | Continued
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Buckle Up As We’re In For a Bumpy Ride

Though not an insurmountable stumbling block, Delaware’s Race to the Top runs into problems in the Christina School District.

22Dec2010 | nemski | 8 comments | Continued
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Christina Just Got More Transparent

Last night the Christina School District elected their new school board president, John Young.  John is a friend of DelawareLiberal and has been a tireless advocate for transparency in the Christina School District over at his aptly named, Transparent Christina.
Congratulations, John.

7Jul2010 | liberalgeek | 5 comments | Continued
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Christina School Board Reverses Decision

I doubt anyone is surprised by this decision:
A Newark, Del., first-grader suspended for bringing a camping utensil to school has gotten a reprieve.
Six-year-old Zachary Christie, who attends John R. Downes Elementary School, was ordered to spend 45 days in an alternative school for troublemakers because he wanted to eat pudding during lunch with his favorite [...]

13Oct2009 | Unstable Isotope | 9 comments | Continued
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Zachary’s Story Goes National

Do you remember the story of Zachary, a 6 year-old student in the Christina school district who was suspended for bringing camping utensils to school? This story has been picked up by the New York Times.
Finding character witnesses when you are 6 years old is not easy. But there was Zachary Christie last week [...]

12Oct2009 | Unstable Isotope | 118 comments | Continued

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