Public Input on Public Schools
About a week ago, a report released by Project 5000 Opinions (P5KO), shed some light on what Delawareans thinks about Delaware schools. The report summarized the opinions of over 5,000 Delawareans who were surveyed last summer about public schools in the state.
According to the surveys, many parents feel positively about Delaware public schools...
May 16, 2014
Local News
The News Journal
More Delaware children living in poverty
Released this week, the Kids Count study shows 20.6 percent of Delaware children live in poverty. Although slightly better than the national rate of 21.9 percent, it's much worse than the under 12 percent rate of 2007 and continues to climb. The report points out that low-income...
May 15, 2014
Local News
Middletown Transcript
Report: Delaware’s ‘opportunity gap’ for children is widening
Delaware’s population of teens and children is more ethnically and racially diverse today than any time in the state’s history. Yet the gulf in opportunities available to predominately white children born to affluent families and children of...
May 14, 2014
Local News
Cape Gazette
Great things take time; we have to be willing to commit
An opinion by Don Flood
Great things take time. We have to be willing to commit. That’s it in a nutshell. I believe Common Core offers a way forward. That doesn’t mean it will be an easy road. More likely, it means the opposite. But ask yourself: Are the people...