September 24, 2012
Local News
The News Journal
Setting kids on the right road
The Nemours program BrightStart screens children to gauge their reading skills before they start school. Nemours is working in Delaware and other states to develop skills that last as a child progresses into elementary school. A BrightStart van travels to places where there are children...
September 21, 2012
Local News
DFM News
State sets new framework for monitoring state charter schools
State education leaders and Governor Jack Markell today unveiled a new set of standards to monitor the performance of charter schools authorized by the State Board of Education. The “performance framework,” as the standards are known, “provides a consistent...
September 19, 2012
Local News
Delaware State News
Sussex Tech receives Platinum award
Sussex Technical High School is one of the 16 high schools in the nation to receive the High Schools That Work Platinum High Achievement Award. Presented by the Southern Regional Education Board, this designation is given to schools that exemplify the progress that can be made when...