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Local News The News Journal New school year, new opportunities for parents An op-ed by Lt. Gov. Matt Denn In the next few days, every public school in the state will receive an application for one of the state's Accelerated Academic Program grants. These grants, now in their second year, were created by legislation I wrote with several legislators...

Local News The News Journal Preparing Delaware’s young men for brighter future An op-ed by Charles Madden, Executive Director, Achievement Center; and Jack Perry, Founder and Executive Director, Prestige Academy A college education might seem like an unattainable dream for a majority of young black and Latino men in our community. It should not...

The reflection is a guest blog post from Laurisa Schutt, a member of our Advisory Council, and Executive Director of Teach For America-Delaware.  James Foley died a horrific death this week in the Middle East where he had been missing since November, 2012. Foley was a journalist on the front lines, unafraid to expose the realities of combat. He...

Local News The News Journal Is the way we evaluate teaches a farce? An editorial Obviously, when it comes to Delaware teacher evaluations, something is not working right. Either Delaware's school system is an educational version of Lake Woebegone, in that all teachers are well above average, or the establishment's claim that the key to success is...