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Delaware News The News Journal Fixing Delaware’s troubled schools Teachers and parents at Wilmington's inner-city schools have heard it all before: Education is the cure for the city's sicknesses of crime and poverty. Denise West believes that. She wakes up every morning to escort a gaggle of 10 kids, including two grandsons, past boarded-up...

Delaware News The News Journal Hunger persists in Delaware The Delaware Department of Education has offered incentives to school districts that increase how many of their students eat breakfast at school. That's led several districts to simply make breakfast a schoolwide event, like lunch is, often serving it in homeroom. And some districts have...

Delaware News Delaware Department of Education DOE and State Board issue diecisions on charter schools up for renewal A press release The State Board of Education, following recommendations by Secretary of Education Mark Murphy, agreed to renew the charters of Delaware Academy of Public Safety and Security, EastSide, Gateway Lab, ASPIRA, and...

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...