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June 30, 2016

June 30th, 2016

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Delaware Newsworks Delaware State Univ. partnership benefits middle school boys Delaware State University and Verizon have announced a partnership to help provide underserved minority middle school boys with a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education in Delaware. Through a grant, Verizon will provide $400,000 over the next two...

June 29, 2016

June 29th, 2016

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Delaware Department of Education Free, reduced price meal policy announced The Delaware Department of Education today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture policy for free and reduced price meals for children unable to pay the full price for meals served under the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and After School...

What do Budget Cuts Mean for Students and Schools?

June 29th, 2016

Author: Melissa Hopkins

The Joint Finance Committee has already made and continues to face difficult decisions this year—especially as revenue projections trend downward and significant gaps remain in our state budget. Some of these decisions involved education funds: some to new proposals in the governor’s budget, some to continue existing programs. What will these...

The Digital Difference

June 28th, 2016

Author: Paul Herdman

Here in Delaware, when we talk about improving technology in the classroom, our minds and our conversations often go first to improving internet speeds or the tangible infrastructure—the wires, cables, towers—that carry those signals. But in some cases—like the CityBridge Foundation’s 'Breakthrough Schools' design contest in Washington...