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Governor Recommends Increases for Early Education; Focus Turns to General Assembly
Blog, Early Childhood Education
February 9th, 2023
Governor John Carney recommended significant increases in his FY24 Budget: over $10 million to increase child care rates, family eligibility, pre-K, and for children with special needs. These initial steps will continue to stabilize the foundation and support children and families for the high-quality system we aspire to long-term. Although...VIEW ARTICLE
Education Funding Improvements Gaining Momentum in Delaware
February 8th, 2023
School funding is complex and can be difficult to change, but change is coming. As the subject of a lawsuit settled in 2020, Delaware’s system is getting a closer look and more attention. Here are five reasons we think change to our education funding system is coming in the near future. 1. The agreements made in the lawsuit settlement by the...VIEW ARTICLE
Remembering MLK Through the Next Generation
January 20th, 2023
I was honored last Sunday to serve as a judge for the latest installment of the MLK Voice4Youth program, a spoken-word competition for middle and high school students. Their charge was to follow the trail blazed by Dr. King by speaking up for change through their performances. An eighth-grader named Ayomikum Adeojo from Newark Charter...VIEW ARTICLE