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July 24, 2013

July 24th, 2013

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Local News The News Journal Six schools set to participate in expanded language program When Gov. Jack Markell walked into a classroom at Downes Elementary School in Newark on Tuesday, he was greeted by a cluster of cheering first-graders. “Ni Hao!” they shouted in unison – “hello” in Mandarin Chinese. The students are part of a Chinese...

July 23, 2013

July 23rd, 2013

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Local News The News Journal Grants, loans, scholarships paying more of college bills Parents are contributing less to their children’s education, and students are relying more on grants, scholarships and loans to pay college tuition and fees, a new study by Sallie Mae found. The nation’s largest student lender conducts an annual survey –...

Reporting on Delaware’s School Hiring Practices

July 23rd, 2013

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The University of Delaware’s Institute for Public Administration recently released the eleventh annual “Delaware Teacher and Administrator Supply and Demand Survey Analysis Report.” The report focuses on teacher and administrative hiring, including hiring difficulties, recruitment strategies and incentives, and teacher departures, such as...

July 22, 2013

July 22nd, 2013

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Local News The News Journal Delaware right to study choices of students An editorial Here’s a statistic that no Delawarean should ignore if they care about the state’s work force - 37 percent of the state’s adults have no college degree. Yet by 2018, 59 percent of jobs will require college-level academic accreditation. It doesn’t help that...