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Local News The News Journal Delaware teachers laud Common Core progress When former National Teacher of the Year Sarah Brown Wessling showed a video of one of her lessons to a roomful of more than 250 Delaware teachers, she didn't pick one of her best. She picked one that she whiffed. "We can't have a mindset where we are more afraid of mediocrity...

Local News The News Journal Schools honored for getting parents involved Postlethwait and Dover High School have won the state’s Excellence in Parental Involvement Award this year, Lt. Gov. Matt Denn announced Wednesday. Created in 2010, the award aims to shine a spotlight on schools that find ways to engage parents. Waterloo Courier Delaware...

Local News The News Journal If schools fail, so do we fail our children An op-ed by James Baker, former mayor of Wilmington Legislators should be focusing on creating more high-quality education options, not limiting the growth of charter schools. The numbers tell the story – charter schools are making a difference for at-risk students in the...

Local News WDDE Delaware graduation rate matches national average A new nationwide report on the four-year high school graduation rates shows Delaware is exactly at the national average. The annual GradNation study released Monday says 80 percent of Delaware students graduated in the 2011-2012 school year. The national average also inched up one...