Tag: referendum
Why Are We Still Doing Referendums?
Funding and Equity, Policy and Practice
January 6th, 2021
Public school finance spins a complex and intricate web of policy decisions. When we’ve written about Delaware school funding and funding equity in the past, we’ve focused on resource allocation, how we count students, and property reassessment. Yet another important piece of the puzzle is the local tax rate and school...VIEW ARTICLE
July 18, 2013
July 18th, 2013
Local News The News Journal Report card on schools released Parents and students will get their first look at the results of state standardized tests for the past year when officials release the data this afternoon. Statewide results on the Delaware Comprehensive Assessment, or DCAS, will be made public during the State Board of Education...VIEW ARTICLE
July 12, 2013
Early Childhood Education, News, Policy and Practice, Postsecondary Success
July 12th, 2013
Local News The News Journal Teamwork will better the city of Wilmington An opinion by Darius Brown Andrew Carnegie called teamwork “The ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” For...VIEW ARTICLE
June 5, 2013
Early Childhood Education, News, Policy and Practice, Postsecondary Success
June 5th, 2013
Local News The News Journal Colonial sighs as school tax hike approved by a slim vote Colonial School District voters narrowly approved a second, smaller property tax referendum Tuesday, staving off large-scale layoffs and other cuts. The tax passed 3,005-2,938, a margin of 67 votes, according to unofficial results from the New Castle County...VIEW ARTICLE