February 11, 2014
Local News
News Journal
All students deserving of federal and state aid
An editorial
A U.S. Department of Education grant is allowing Delaware to focus on turning around our lowest performing schools. As result, $1.45 million from a $38 million federal pot will be used to make a difference in persistently low-achieving districts as part of the...
Grant Awarded to Expand Delaware’s Early Learning Data Systems
Last week, the Delaware Department of Education announced that Delaware received a $1.5 million grant from the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation to expand the state’s Education Data Warehouse and Insight Dashboard to include data on children from birth through pre-kindergarten. This grant will be a valuable tool for helping to link the extensive...
February 10, 2014
Local News
Milford Live
60th Anniversary Of Brown v. Board of Education
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme court case that declared racially segregated school unconstitutional, the Delaware Public Archives in Dover hosted a special program on Saturday, February 1 led by Orlando Camp, one of the...
February 7, 2014
Local News
WDDE
New testing system dominates conversation at Common Core Standards workshop
At the beginning of Thursday night’s workshop, a number of the 100 people in attendance said they had heard two or fewer detailed presentations on Common Core curriculum standards. By the end of the evening, however, most of the questions raised by...