Study Recommends Major Updates to School Funding System: A Look at the AIR Report
Educators, researchers, and advocates have long agreed Delaware’s school funding formula is in need of updates and modernization.
Per the lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Delaware and Delawareans for Educational Opportunity, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) were contracted by the Department of Education to carry out an independent...
What Did Federal COVID Funding Do for Delaware Schools?
Back in 2021, President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, the third federal stimulus package launched in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, provided $350 billion for states, local governments, territories and tribal governments, with around $125 billion nationally earmarked for K-12 schools through the Elementary and...
School Funding Remains a Hot Topic in Delaware. Here’s Why
Momentum continues to grow in Delaware for an updated school funding system. And state officials continue to do more than is required by the high-stakes lawsuit that settled several years ago. Check out our recent blogs capturing the updates and progress underway pertaining to our funding system.
Since then, much has...
Education Funding Improvements Gaining Momentum in Delaware
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...