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Delaware News Delaware Public Media Delaware school district consolidation, referendum changes headed to Dover The state representative pushing a bill to allow local school boards to raise taxes without a referendum says it’s part of his plan to ensure education is properly funded into the future. The proposal from Rep. Earl Jaques (D-Glasgow)...

Delaware News Delaware State News Bill would let school districts raise taxes with no referendum Draft legislation in the General Assembly would let school districts raise property taxes without referendums. The bill, which has not yet been assigned a number, would enable school boards to increase taxes every two years by the percentage change in...

Delaware News Cape Gazette Mariner student Emadah White wins technology state championship Emadah White, an eighth-grader at Mariner Middle School, won the state championship title at the recent Delaware State Technology Student Association Competition. All students were asked to create a car out of a wood balsa block. The car had to adhere to...

Last Friday, a friend and colleague, Lee Sing Kong, passed away from an apparent heart attack at the age of 65. See a story about his passing here.   He was both a horticulturist and an educator. I knew him as the latter in his role as the director of the National Institute for Education (NIE). He was a master educator. He not only helped...