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...
What to Make of the Small Jump in Delaware Public School Enrollment
As students head back to school, enrollment numbers and Delaware’s “unit count” begin to come into focus. Last year, we blogged about how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted enrollment in Delaware, and pointed out that in the 2020-21 school year, the state saw its first decline in public school enrollment in a decade—particularly in...
What’s New with Delaware’s Education Funding System?
The long march to modernize Delaware’s school funding system continues on, as the state continues to see changes stemming from recent actions by Gov. John Carney’s administration and the General Assembly.
One of the major drivers of these changes was the Delawareans for Educational Opportunity v Carney lawsuit settlement from...
The Fight for Educational Equity Continues
On Monday, May 17, I witnessed an important part of Delaware history.
On that day, 67 years ago, the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case established that “separate” schools for white and black students was not equal.
Unbeknownst to many Delawareans, a six-year-old girl from Hockessin named Shirley Bulah played a critical role...