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Delaware Remains Among Lowest States Providing Pre-K for Four-Year-Olds

Early Childhood Education

April 18th, 2018

The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) released its latest state rankings for pre-K enrollment, and, much like last year, Delaware landed toward the bottom at 36th in terms of providing access for four-year-olds. Less than 10 percent of Delaware four-year-olds are enrolled in state-sponsored pre-K.   Little has...

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Quick Reactions to Disappointing NAEP News

News

April 11th, 2018

  The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)—known in our world colloquially as the “Nation’s Report Card”—were released this week. Across the nation, scores remain mostly flat. This is disappointing as we’ve now gone nearly a decade in this country without any strong growth in either reading...

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Making Sense of the Federal Education Budget

Early Childhood Education, News, Postsecondary Success

April 9th, 2018

On March 23, Congress approved, and President Trump signed, a $1.3 trillion appropriations bill that will fund the federal government through September 30, 2018.   This funding bill wasn’t easy to come by—it took several short-term extensions to fund the government, as well as a two-year deal on the overall budget caps.   The Rodel...

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