Delaware

Here in Delaware, our corps members and staff are deeply invested in working with the community to solve the problem of educational inequity in our state. We know that our students growing up in poverty have a one in ten chance of finishing college and that their futures hold few choices and opportunities. Yet we are driven by clear evidence that our teachers, parents, community organizations, and state leadership can and will solve this problem and reverse the achievement gap in Delaware.  

 

Just outside of center city Wilmington sits Howard High School, at one time the only public high school for African American students in the entire state of Delaware. Just five blocks away is Thomas Edison Charter School, where corps members and alumni are working alongside other great teachers to put kids on a different playing field. Travel another six blocks and you’ll see the Community Services Building, where more than 80 organizations, including Teach For America, are collaborating with communities across the state. In Dover, our capital city, policy makers and advocates are working to implement the state’s Race To The Top grant, which is helping to improve educational outcomes for all of Delaware’s students. And just a few minutes away is Capital School District’s Central Middle School, one of the sites in which 2012 corps members will be helping to make an impact in the coming year.

 

Across the state, teachers who lead with a clear and inspiring vision, drive dramatic academic and personal growth, and partner with their students, families, and colleagues are needed. Our corps members work tirelessly to ensure their students can perform at the same high academic levels and have equal access to educational opportunities as their peers in more affluent communities. In Delaware, all leaders have an important role to play, and Teach for America  is committed to developing  as many transformational teachers as possible in our region’s classrooms.