Tag: PARCC
July 10, 2013
July 10th, 2013
Local News The News Journal Moyer Academy for at-risk students again fights to survive A Wilmington charter school that serves many at-risk students and has battled slim enrollment and low test scores is asking the state for permission to reduce its required student count and overhaul its curriculum. The New Moyer Academy’s student population is...VIEW ARTICLE
July 8, 2013
Early Childhood Education, News, Postsecondary Success
July 8th, 2013
Local News The News Journal Tracing consequences of Delaware's racial divide An opinion by Harry F. Themal Almost 40 years after its publication, “Simple Justice” by Richard Kluger remains the most accessible history of the struggle to end school segregation in the United States. His chapter on Delaware, “Jim Crow, Inc.,” summed up the...VIEW ARTICLE
June 26, 2013
June 26th, 2013
Local News The News Journal Charter school measure heads to governor’s desk A bill aimed at tightening safe¬guards on charter schools while also giving them more access to state money passed the Senate on Tuesday. Gov. Jack Markell is scheduled to sign the measure today. WDDE Mobile home rent control and charter school reform bill await...VIEW ARTICLE