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Delaware News WHYY NewsWorks Delaware shuts one charter school, spares another One Delaware charter will close at school year's end, a second will live at least another year, and a third could be in big trouble due to financial malfeasance. That was the takeaway from Thursday's eventful state board of education meeting. Charter learn fates: Reach...

Delaware News The News Journal Red Clay votes to move forward on Priority Schools The Red Clay School Board voted 6-1 Wednesday night to move forward with the push to turn around its three Priority Schools, schools which Gov. Jack Markell and his administration have cited as having some of the lowest test scores in the state. In approving its own...

Delaware News Middletown Transcript Agriculture science teacher at Everett Meredit5h Middle receives distinguished recognition Brynn Mulvihill, a teacher at Everett Meredith Middle School, has been recognized as one of the top agriculture science teachers in the state and was also selected in August as the recipient of a scholarship issued by the...

Delaware News WHYY NewsWorks Delaware school entrance assessments face tough test Jennifer Nagourney, head of Delaware’s charter school office, told a General Assembly task force last Monday that she disagreed with the use of entrance assessments at Delaware’s charter schools, according to multiple people who attended the meeting. Some of the...