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Local News Dover Post Gov. Markell, Spanish Ambassador renew language immersion agreement Gov. Jack Markell and Spanish Ambassador Ramón Gil-Casares signed a tribute at McIlvaine Early Childhood Center on Tuesday that reaffirms an educational partnership between Spain and Delaware. Xavier Gisbert, Spain’s Counselor of Education for the United...

Local News Delaware Department of Education Red Clay receives national Green Ribbon Award from U.S. Department of Education A press release Delaware Secretary of Education Mark Murphy and Secretary of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Collin O’Mara today honored Red Clay Consolidated School District and Sanford School as the state’s...

This was written by Paul Herdman, our President and CEO, and Raye Jones Avery, Executive Director of the Christina Cultural Arts Center and a member of our Board of Directors. It was originally published in The News Journal on May 26, 2014. To read other op-eds and articles about the sixtieth anniversary of the Brown v. Board decision and its...

On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal," declaring separate schools for white students as unconstitutional. The case of Brown v. Board of Education was heard by the Court as five cases, including  Gebhart v. Belton which was filed in Delaware. The ruling made a significant...