July 25, 2014
Local News
WDDE
First State takes small steps back in latest report on kids’ well-being
The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2014 Kids Count index ranked the First State as 23 overall, one place back from last year’s survey. Delaware took the biggest hit in economic indicators, with 17 percent of kids living in poverty according to 2012 figures...
July 24, 2014
Local News
UDaily
Developing citizens: teachers prepare to run entrepreneurial economics event in school next year
Elementary school educators from across the state were gathered over the last few days at Kathleen H. Wilbur Elementary School to participate in a workshop designed to teach them how to help reinforce and extend economic concepts and...
July 23, 2014
Local News
The News Journal
35,000 Delaware children in poverty
Nearly one in five kids in Delaware is living in poverty, and instead of decreasing, the statistics are becoming the norm. The number of children in families on food stamps, receiving free or reduced-price lunches, and living with parents without consistent jobs has grown since the...
Delaware’s 2013-14 State Assessment Results
This year’s results for the Delaware state-wide assessment, Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System (DCAS) were released late last week, providing Delaware with a snapshot progress report of student achievement, and where Delaware stands on the path toward greatness.
The preliminary results, presented at Thursday’s State Board of Education...