July 15, 2013
Local News
The News Journal
State should follow its better judgment
An editorial
If the state’s data is accurate, Moyer Academy’s consistent pattern of low performance on standardized tests – a reliable predictor of future academic hurdles – requires the State Board of Education to follow its better judgment and close this long-struggling...
July 12, 2013
Local News
The News Journal
Teamwork will better the city of Wilmington
An opinion by Darius Brown
Andrew Carnegie called teamwork “The ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” For...
Graduation Rate Jumps But Still Trails Nation
Delaware’s graduation rate jumped up to 73.9%* for the class of 2010 according to EdWeek’s yearly Diplomas Count report, an increase of six percentage points from the 67.9% reported for the class of 2009. This is certainly good news, but we should be cautious of celebrating too soon.
While this improvement represents the largest we have seen...
Meet Our Summer Fellow – Maija Hall
“I tell young people to prepare themselves as best they can for a world that grows more challenging every day. To get the best education they can, and couple that education with real-life experience in social justice work.” These words of the civil rights activist and former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond echo deeply in my mind when I think about...