Meet Valentina Maza
Hola! My name is Valentina Maza. I am a native of Venezuela and currently a rising senior at William Penn High School.
Two years ago I moved to the United States by myself to pursue my dream of going to a top college in America. Soon after I arrived I realized that achieving my dream would require much more than a great amount of...
Why We Need to Dig Deep on Social-Emotional Learning Together
Close your eyes for a moment and think about one of your favorite teachers from grade school. What do you remember? Chances are, you remember as much about how they taught as what they taught. You remember that classroom’s environment and how that teacher made you feel. Inspired. Energized. Safe. Creative.
As we’ve...
A Quick Look at the School Funding Transparency Bill
Senate Bill 172 was introduced in the State Senate this week, representing a monumental foot in the door for addressing Delaware’s arcane school funding system—should it be enacted.
Delaware, as we’ve written about before, employs a 70-year-old school funding system that is complex, inequitable, and inflexible.
Delaware...
We Need a Funding System Built for Tomorrow, not 1940
An enormous and growing number of Delaware students—including those learning English, have special needs, or come from low-income families—aren’t being properly served by our state’s school funding system. This issue has been thrust back into the spotlight thanks to a high-profile civil rights lawsuit, and the ongoing heightened...