Celebrating Superstars
Last week, The Partnership, Inc. (an affiliate of the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce), celebrated another sterling entry in its long-running Superstars in Education awards program.
Superstars is a statewide awards program that seeks to promote and share programs and best practices in education that show measurable results and raise student...
No Fair Deal with Delaware’s Antique Funding System
In 1949 President Truman presented his famous “Fair Deal” speech, presenting the idea that that every American should get a “fair deal” from their government. Following that speech, Congress nearly doubled the national minimum wage and created 800,000 new houses for the poor.
Also in 1949, the State of Delaware created its educational...
May 16, 2016
Delaware
Cape Gazette
Milton Elementary receives three Tanger Outlet grants
Milton Elementary School was recently awarded three classroom grants from the Tanger Outlets Grants for Kids program. Individual teachers applied for the grants according to their classroom needs. This is the third consecutive year that Milton teachers have received Tanger...
May 13, 2016
Delaware
Coastal Point
SMS teacher explains future of science education in Delaware
At Selbyville Middle School, inside Jennifer Hitchens’ sixth-grade classroom, the learning experience is flipped. That’s because she’s piloting the new Next Generation Science Standards for the State of Delaware. She was also recently named the SMS Teacher of...