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Delaware News The News Journal UD, Harker must recognize budget limitations Opinion by Representative J.J. Johnson President Harker missed the mark when he laid blame for his institution’s perennial tuition and fee increases at the feet of UD faculty and Delaware taxpayers. Invest in education programs we know work Editorial by the News...

Delaware News WHYY Delaware lawmakers, unions want delay on tying new test to teacher evaluation In a letter sent Friday to Governor Jack Markell and obtained by Newsworks/WHYY, signatories asked the state to wait at least one more year before tying results of the new Smarter Balanced test to "decisions ... made regarding teachers'...

Delaware News WHYY Christina can keep Delaware priority schools for 2015-16 The Delaware Department of Education will allow the Christina School District to keep its three priority schools through the 2015-16 school year, ending, or at least stalling, a monthslong conflict between the two sides over how to turn around the trio of troubled...

Delaware News The News Journal Lawmaker: Wilmington needs a high school Rep. Earl Jaques, a Glasgow Democrat and chair of the House Education Committee, told Bond Bill lawmakers Monday that as long as there are studies on the future of education in the state's largest city, financial planning for a new high school has to begin sooner rather than...