Tag: Graduation Rate
November 27, 2012
November 27th, 2012
Local News The News Journal Finalists named for top honor For helping students to excel, five Delaware educators from public and private schools were named finalists for the 2012 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science. The Middletown Transcript Drastic cuts expected if Appoquinimink referendum doesn't pass The first part of...VIEW ARTICLE
November 14, 2012
November 14th, 2012
Local News WDEL Communities in Schools gets $300K to fight dropout rate Communities in Schools received a $300,000 grant from AT&T to help lower the high school dropout rate. Through this generous grant, Jim Purcell President of Communities in Schools plans to expand their presence to improve graduation rates at William Penn, Newark...VIEW ARTICLE
Introducing Melissa Hopkins
January 20th, 2012
My name is Melissa Hopkins, and I’ve recently joined the Rodel Foundation as the Government Affairs Manager. Prior to joining the Rodel Foundation, I spent five years staffing elected officials at both New Castle County Council and the Delaware State House of Representatives. I was born and raised in Delaware and am a proud product of...VIEW ARTICLE
Graduation Rate Inches Up in Delaware
June 9th, 2011
Delaware’s graduation rate inched up to 67.6%* in 2008, up from 65.0% in 2007, according to Education Week’s recently released Diploma’s Count 2011 – behind the national average of 71.7%. Over the past ten years, Delaware has seen its graduation rate climb 8.8 percentage points, which is surpassed by only six states (Tennessee had the...VIEW ARTICLE