March 8, 2017
Delaware News
Middletown Transcript
Three file for Appoquinimink Board of Education election
Two challengers have filed to run against incumbent Charlisa Edelin for one seat on the Appoquinimink Board of Education. Trevor Tucker and Keinna McKnight have joined the race for the five-year term. The deadline to file as a candidate was Friday, March...
March 7, 2017
Delaware News
Education Week
States wrangle over K-12 funding formulas
Because education funding can account for up to half of states' budgets, the debate over how much schools get tends to dominate legislative sessions, which are now in full swing. The debate is especially heated in states looking to overhaul their education funding formulas...
March 6, 2017
Delaware News
The News Journal
10th-graders meet Delaware poet laureates
More than 30 Delaware 10th-graders were recently introduced to Delaware Poet Laureates Nnamdi Chukwuocha and Albert Mills at Caesar Rodney High School in Camden for an afternoon of poetry performances and education. The students are part of Give Something Back, a national...
The Dangers of Chronic Absenteeism
If students are not in school, they are not learning. That is the main issue behind chronic absenteeism, which has serious implications for student success. Students that are chronically absent are at a higher risk of failing academically or dropping out.
What it is
Chronic absenteeism is defined as missing at least 10 percent...