Delaware’s Students are Returning to Public Schools
According to a recent report by the Delaware Department of Education, private school enrollment is the lowest it has been in over twenty years. Additionally, between the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years, Delaware saw one of the most significant dips in private school enrollment, losing 8.4 percent of its population. At the same time, public...
March 15, 2013
Local News
The Economist
Value-added remodeling
“This business”, says John Demby, the principal (headmaster) of Sussex Tech, a high school in Delaware, “has changed dramatically in a very short period.” This year, like all principals in the state, he is evaluating teachers under a new system for the first time. The state is also adopting a...
March 14, 2013
Local News
The News Journal
State rejects Christina's teacher bonus proposal
The state Department of Education rejected the Christina School District’s proposed alternative to the state teacher bonus program, according to a letter sent Tuesday to district officials. This volleys the issue back into Christina’s court, with millions in grant...
March 13, 2013
Local News
The News Journal
Colonial School District may slash staff, sports in cuts
Superintendent Dorothy Linn shared her proposal at a school board meeting at George Read Middle School on East Basin Road near New Castle. She stated that academics would not be spared. The district would jettison a plan to participate in a new statewide...