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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...

This blog post was co-authored by 2013 iEducate Delaware Honoree Tameca Beckett, Youth Services Librarian at the Laurel Public Library. To learn about the 2014-15 year of iEducate Delaware, read this blog post.  Wow! So many wonderful things have been happening since I was awarded as a 2013 iEducate Delaware Honoree. The STEM program...

Local News WDDE State education officials seek reasons for lack of progress in narrowing achievement gap Low expectations for African American students, limited resources for English-language learners and turnover among teachers of students with disabilities are among the challenges school districts say they are facing as they try to close the...

Local News The News Journal Virtually no Del. teachers receive poor evaluations Zero percent of Delaware teachers were rated ineffective and only one percent were rated "needs improvement" during the last school year, leaving more than half of teachers to be rated effective and almost half to be rated highly effective. Caesar Rodney names new...