January 6, 2014
Delaware News
The News Journal
Reach charter school sues state again to stay open
Reach Academy for Girls is once again suing the Department of Education to avoid closure, making it the second Wilmington charter school fighting a legal battle with the state to stay open.
Kowalko bounced from House education committee
Democratic leaders have sent...
January 5, 2015
Delaware News
The News Journal
Attorneys go head-to-head over Moyer’s future
An attorney for the Maurice J. Moyer Academic Institute argued before a judge Friday that the school’s charter should not be revoked just because of the “sins of old Moyer.” The attorney, James Taylor, said the state Department of Education is wrong to close the...
January 2, 2015
Delaware News
The News Journal
Focusing on 2014’s hardest lesson
An editorial
The debate over education reform will be with us in 2015 as it was this year. However, the public conversation did seem to break through a significant barrier. The year ends with a controversy over Gov. Markell’s proposal to turn around six “Priority Schools” in...
December 31, 2014
Delaware News
WDDE
A conversation with Chairman of Wilmington Education Advisory Group
Delaware Public Media’s Anne Hoffman spoke to the council’s Chairman, Tony Allen. Allen outlined the four areas the group will focus on in their recommendations, which include governance, early childhood education, financing education and race and class...