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Local News Delaware Department of Education Dropout report shows 30-year low in percentage of students leaving school A press release The state’s latest high school dropout report, released today, shows a 30-year low in the percentage of students leaving high school before graduation. The annual Delaware Department of Education report, presented...

Hi, everyone. My name is Su Reel, and I am a Program Assistant at the Rodel Foundation. I was born and raised in Thailand, and I have been calling the Philadelphia area home for 12 years. I found myself at the Rodel Foundation and Delaware by way of a degree in Psychology and Geography/Urban Studies program at Temple University. (GO OWLS!) Before...

Local News The News Journal More Del. students tackle Advanced Placement More Delaware students are taking and passing Advanced Placement tests each year and that means more students are getting college-level academics and credit while still in high school. "These numbers are very encouraging for us," said Michael Watson, the state's chief...

Local News Cape Gazette To compete globally, we need national standards An op-ed by Dan Flood According to The New York Times, teachers say they haven’t been trained in the Common Core curriculum, nor did they receive new textbooks in time to teach the new material. They did, however, begin the new tests, which meant many students were...