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Local News The News Journal New charter will meet needs to poorly served students An op-ed by Kia Childs, Executive Director, Great Oaks Charter School – Wilmington In addition to the New York school there are Great Oaks schools in Newark, New Jersey, and Bridgeport, Connecticut, and in the fall of 2015, Great Oaks will come to Wilmington – my...

Local News The News Journal Capital school superintendent to retire Michael Thomas, the superintendent of the Capital School District in Dover, said Wednesday he will retire in June 2015. The Delaware Chief School Officers Association named Thomas its "Superintendent of the Year" this year. Thomas led the association in the 2012-2013 school year...

The Delaware Department of Education recently named six City of Wilmington Schools as “Priority Schools”: Bancroft Elementary; Bayard Middle; Stubbs Elementary; Warner Elementary; Shortlidge Academy; and Highlands Elementary. These schools are located in the Christina and Red Clay Consolidated School Districts. Collectively, they serve...

Local News The News Journal New Moyer leader: ‘Give us a chance’ When Maurice J. Moyer Academy's board named Kennan Dorsey the school's leader this summer, they were giving him a steep challenge. The school, which serves almost entirely students who are black and from inner-city, low-income families, had churned through three principals during...