Tag: delaware school funding
Delaware School Funding Report: What Happens Next?
February 8th, 2024
As we wrote last month, Delaware is positioned at a unique crossroad with its school funding system. Long in need of updates, the topic has gained significant renewed attention and interest in the wake of the independent assessment conducted by American Institutes for Research (AIR). Meanwhile, state officials have consistently done more...VIEW ARTICLE
Study Recommends Major Updates to School Funding System: A Look at the AIR Report
January 30th, 2024
Educators, researchers, and advocates have long agreed Delaware’s school funding formula is in need of updates and modernization. Per the lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Delaware and Delawareans for Educational Opportunity, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) were contracted by the Department of Education to carry out an independent...VIEW ARTICLE
What Did Federal COVID Funding Do for Delaware Schools?
January 9th, 2024
Back in 2021, President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, the third federal stimulus package launched in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, provided $350 billion for states, local governments, territories and tribal governments, with around $125 billion nationally earmarked for K-12 schools through the Elementary and...VIEW ARTICLE
School Funding Remains a Hot Topic in Delaware. Here’s Why
May 31st, 2023
Momentum continues to grow in Delaware for an updated school funding system. And state officials continue to do more than is required by the high-stakes lawsuit that settled several years ago. Check out our recent blogs capturing the updates and progress underway pertaining to our funding system. Since then, much has...VIEW ARTICLE