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Delaware News The News Journal Class notes: City schools plan, choice applications The Wilmington Education Improvement Commission has created a draft plan for improving education in the city and the state, including redistricting city schools and overhauling the state’s funding formula. The commission is seeking the public’s input on the...

Delaware News UDaily STEM for the holidays: K-12 education expert makes recommendations for holiday gifts Melissa Jurist, coordinator of K-12 education in the College of Engineering at the University of Delaware, gets emails from parents every year at about this time asking her about holiday gifts for their kids who love science, technology...

Delaware News WHYY In Delaware, a test students want to take (and districts want to give) Here's a rarity for you: A positive story about testing in education. To tell it we head to the Seaford School District in rural, Southern Delaware. Due to an influx of immigrants from Latin America and Haiti, about 11 percent of Seaford's students are...

Delaware News The News Journal UD releases draft plan to increase diversity A draft plan to improve diversity at the University of Delaware released Friday calls for changing hiring practices, improving outreach and boosting accountability to increase the number of minorities and women at the school. The university has come under fire after...