Reasons to Be Optimistic about the Wilmington Learning Collaborative
Next week marks the potential next step in a multiyear process led by Governor John Carney to bring together the Wilmington community to support schools in the city. As the state’s most populous city, with a history of structural racism and persistent poverty, Wilmington often stands apart in policy conversations—especially when...
Supporting Delaware’s Students in the Wake of COVID
Whether you are a parent/guardian, a student, or an educator, you have felt the academic and developmental impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the spring of 2020 and the better part of the next two years, school was disrupted. And whether a student was learning virtually or in-person, their academic and social experiences were...
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...
Thanks Luke! Delaware’s Heralded CTE Director Joins Biden-Harris Administration
Luke Rhine, formerly the associate secretary for workforce solutions at Delaware’s Department of Education (DDOE), has been swooped up by the Biden administration to take what he’s learned in the Mid-Atlantic to benefit the nation as Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Career, Technical and Adult...