Tag: Delaware education
Promising Signs Ahead for Early Learning Workforce
May 18th, 2021
Over the past year, the early childhood industry and workforce has plunged into crisis from the COVID-19 pandemic. As we wrote in March, the child care industry faced crisis conditions even before COVID-19 due to the poor compensation of early learning professionals and the negative impact it has on both educator wellbeing and the quality...VIEW ARTICLE
“Science of Reading” Early Literacy Gains Steam in Legislature
Early Childhood Education, News
May 11th, 2021
The science of reading, or the body of science-backed research that explains how the human mind acquires reading skills, continues to reverberate in Dover and beyond. We covered the topic in March, when the Senate Education Committee hosted a panel of experts who discussed why the science of reading is important for classrooms...VIEW ARTICLE
Delaware Falls to 42nd on Pre-K Ranking, Below All Neighboring States
April 28th, 2021
Delaware slipped further behind in national rankings for providing access to state-funded preschool for children. The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) released its latest rankings for pre-K enrollment, and, much like last year and the years before, Delaware is ranked among the bottom states. This year, Delaware came in...VIEW ARTICLE
SAVE THE DATE: School Board Elections are May 11
April 6th, 2021
In the landscape of elections, school boards often find themselves relegated to the background, with less engagement than the more expensive, better-advertised political campaigns. But school board elections are one of the most critical ways for citizens to inform community-level decisions, including the allocation of resources and dollars...VIEW ARTICLE