May 24, 2017
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...
Tribute to a Global Teacher
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...
May 23, 2017
Delaware News
The News Journal
Pilot School names new director
A new director with a familiar face is taking the reins at the Pilot School of Delaware this summer, replacing long-time administrator Kathy Craven. Alexandra (Alix) Reese Kokkoris, currently director of the school's lower division, will take over for Craven Aug. 1. Craven, who has...
Funding is Fundamental to Progress
With the state’s budget situation casting a cloud of uncertainty in education (and beyond), the time seems right to take a look at education funding through the lens of something that is more than certain—that student needs have changed drastically since our school funding formula was developed in the 1940s.
We often...