Public schools are a cornerstone of our democracy. When decisions are made by politicians and technocrats rather than by communities, education ceases to serve the public good and erodes public trust. Recent communication from the Delaware Department of Education on social media indicates that it is heading down the same road as in the past, trying to manage and fix education without engaging in meaningful, substantive conversations with educators, students, parents and community members. We cannot afford to waste more time on efficiency, management and deficit ideology. That top-down management-driven approach did not produce the transformation that Delaware was promised during the Race to the Top Initiative of the past sixteen years, and it will not work now. Instead, we need the DDOE to make a strong commitment to democratic processes, shared decision-making and relationship building.
Please read and sign this petition from Public School Strong Delaware.
