Best Way to Solve a Teacher Shortage? Better Pay and Supports Could Be Considered Under New Bill
Introduced during Teacher Appreciation Week, Senate Bill 100 with Senate Amendment 1 looks to evaluate and review current teacher salaries in Delaware. Sponsored by Sen. Bryan Townsend and supported by a wide array of legislators, the bill proposes the establishment of the Public Education Compensation Committee to review Delaware’s...
Delaware Advances “Grow Your Own Teacher” Efforts as Teacher Shortage Drags On
Teacher shortages in Delaware are nothing new. For years, public schools have struggled to attract harder-to-find science, math, and foreign language teachers, and recently those shortages have even reached traditionally sought-after areas like elementary education and social studies.
In addition to addressing educator compensation...
Why All the Buzz about Literacy This Year?
Delaware leaders have coalesced around early literacy in recent years, adopting a state plan, enacting legislation, and drawing national speakers to support the momentum.
The state’s scores on national reading assessments have been stagnant and remain low, with less than half of third graders reading on grade level—an important...
Delaware Lawmakers Prioritizing Early Care and Education Workforce
In the coming weeks, early childhood workers will be able to access the supplement or “bonus” pay committed in November by Gov. John Carney through American Rescue Plan Act funds. Each early educator will be paid $1,000 upon completing their online profile—which will help the state create its first professional registry, or data...