May 27, 2016
Delaware
Delaware State News
Minor steps taken on budget by Joint Finance Committee
The Joint Finance Committee continued meeting Thursday for the second day of budget markup, and lawmakers spent the majority of the day focused on the Education Department. Thursday, Sen. Karen Peterson, D-Stanton, raised several questions about education funding...
May 26, 2016
Delaware
The News Journal
Christina seeks answers to school discipline issues
Christina School officials know their district it has a problem with disciplinary issues, but it's trying to understand them more completely before diving in to fix them. To begin that undertaking, the district has been holding public forums with the help of a local...
May 25, 2016
Delaware
Delaware Public Media
Further expansion coming to state's language immersion program
Delaware is ready to take the next step with its language immersion program - looking to the future as it celebrates its initial success. Gov. Jack Markell and state education officials joined language immersion students in the Caesar Rodney School...
Fixing Our Funding: Q&A with Mike Griffith
If anyone can navigate the complex and hazardous waters of education funding, it’s Mike Griffith.
As the senior school finance analyst for Education Commission of the States, he’s worked in the field of school finance policy for more than 19 years, and has focused his research on the condition of state budgets, the adequacy and equity of...