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August 9, 2017

August 9th, 2017

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Delaware News Delaware Public Media Delaware receives highest federal ranking for special education this year Delaware’s Department of Education received the highest federal ranking possible for special education this year. The rating has continually improved over the last few years – going up from 53% in 2014 to 68% in 2015. Last year, they...

August 8, 2017

August 8th, 2017

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Delaware News Delaware State News Delaware school district reduction requires a preliminary step Opinion by Ron Russo, senior fellow with the Caesar Rodney Institute and founding president of the Charter School of Wilmington Any district reduction study must first consider a bold systemic change to the way the current, bureaucratic education...

August 7, 2017

August 7th, 2017

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Delaware News Cape Gazette Sussex Consortium gets $5.7 million from bond bill This year's legislative session ended with a bond bill bonus for Sussex Consortium. Cape Henlopen School District got the news they had been waiting to hear when $5.7 million was earmarked for construction costs for the new facility. “We got great news from the state...

August 4, 2017

August 4th, 2017

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Delaware News Delaware 105.9 Sussex Academy prepares the next generation, as U.S. faces shortfall of doctors by 2025 The U.S. is facing a shortage of physicians across the country. The American Medical Association estimates that by 2025 the country will fall short of anywhere from 60,000 to nearly 95,000 physicians, which will hit rural...