June 13, 2017
Delaware News
Hockessin Community News
Delaware gains Youth Advocacy Council to increase student voice in education policy
Nineteen Delaware high school students were selected to join the inaugural cohort of the Youth Advocacy Council training program. The Delaware Youth Advocacy Council is the first statewide forum for high school students to...
June 12, 2017
Delaware News
Cape Gazette
Shields fifth-graders hold food drive
Gail Drummond’s fifth-grade class at Shields Elementary School listened to a presentation by Chad Robinson, Food Bank of Delaware director of strategic initiatives, and decided to take action. The students were surprised to learn that hunger existed in their area. After research...
June 9, 2017
Delaware News
Newark Post
UD to offer dual-credit classes at Newark High
The University of Delaware’s College of Health Sciences will offer two college-level courses at Newark High School next school year, giving students a glimpse of what it’s like to be in college. In the fall, qualifying students can take “Introduction to Health...
When Kids Fall Through the Cracks, it Costs Taxpayers Double
With a budget deficit nearing half a billion dollars, Delaware needs to invest where it counts. The school-to-prison pipeline—which gets its name from the research-supported pattern that the more times a student faces in-school and out-of-school suspensions, the more likely they are to drop out of school and become incarcerated—is harmful...