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...
July 22, 2014
Local News
The News Journal
For test scores, status quo isn’t enough
An editorial
In fact a "little overall change from the year before" requires state education officials to take a frank assessment — not just of its students in the state's 19 school districts. Based on the overall results, the pursuit of Delaware students getting a...