June 4, 2013
Local News
The News Journal
School district paraprofessionals fight for their jobs
Paraprofessionals in the Brandywine School District facing layoffs at the end of the year pleaded for their jobs during a school board meeting Monday night in another chapter of the statewide drama over education budget cuts. “These positions are very important to...
June 3, 2013
Local News
The News Journal
Bill would toughen charter schools’ oversight, allow access to state funding
A bill that would toughen oversight of charter schools would also award more money to charters with proven track records and allow them to access capital funding from the state.
Colonial School District has much riding on $9.6 million tax...
May 31, 2013
Local News
The Cape Gazette
Cape area residents take aim at Common Core
A national program to align public school education across the country is under fire by a group opposed to the latest federal initiative. Locally, the group has set its sights on Cape Henlopen school district. "My hope is that we can defund this thing," said Karen Gritton of...
May 30, 2013
Local News
The News Journal
McKean students at the forefront of cable TV venture
It’s a recent Friday at McKean High School, and teens are studying audio, radio and video design and engineering. Those disciplines form a career pathway started in 2010 that now draws 80 to 100 students. McKean students are required to take one of eight pathways...