February 21, 2013
Local News
The News Journal
AP test keeps upward trend line in Delaware
The number of Delaware public school students passing Advanced Placement tests has increased, but the percentage of students who passed at least one exam remains lower than the national average. Advanced Placement tests help illustrate how many students are taking and passing...
February 20, 2013
Local News
The News Journal
GED diploma about to be harder to achieve
An editorial
Within five years, more than half of all Delaware job applicants will need some post-secondary education/training beyond the traditional high school diploma. It used to be that a GED diploma bridged that gap if you failed to complete high school. But not in this...
February 19, 2013
Local News
The News Journal
Children who walk, bike to school do better on tests, studies find
Fewer than 11 percent of Delaware kids walk to school and just over half a percent ride a bike, a 2010 University of Delaware survey of 1,300 Delaware families across the state showed. A study of nearly 20,000 Danish children, published late last year...