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Delaware News Department of Education Delaware receives final approval on ESSA state plan Delaware has received final approval from the U.S. Department of Education (USED) for its Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) state plan, Delaware Secretary of Education Susan Bunting announced today. Today’s ESSA plan approval comes just days after the...

Delaware News Cape Gazette TCC and Verizon stores donate backpacks for school It’s almost back to school time, and nearly 1,000 TCC and Wireless Zone stores donated 172,00 backpacks filled with school supplies to prepare school children from across the nation for the fall term in the School Rocks Backpack Giveaway. The local Verizon Wireless...

Delaware News Cape Gazette Cape’s call for school-naming group riles community The family of longtime Milton-area educator Herman O. Brittingham and many family friends attended a Cape Henlopen school board meeting to insist the new elementary school in Milton should retain the name of the existing school: H.O. Brittingham Elementary. Delaware...

Delaware News The News Journal Delaware student test results confirm plight of low-income students Repetition may be a core element of education, but in the case of Wilmington, where state test scores are once again among some of the lowest in the state, the lesson is clear: Low-income students are still being left behind. How well would you do...