Tag: school funding
Delaware Education At A Glance: 10 Things to Know
August 15th, 2024
Delaware Education at a Glance: 10 Things to Know Education in Delaware is constantly evolving and changing. Rodel’s goal is to keep citizens, educators, and politicians informed on the latest developments in local education. So, we’ve pulled 10 facts from Rodel’s 2024 Delaware Public Education At A Glance report to show the current state...VIEW ARTICLE
Not Counting on the Count: Why Student Count is Trickier Than You Think
Funding and Equity, Policy and Practice
March 15th, 2021
Updated on March 15, 2021 School funding across the United States is determined by a series of complex, interrelated policy decisions. There has been a lot of discussion in Delaware lately about how to best allocate state dollars to schools, but little written about a seemingly small but important piece of the puzzle: how we count students...VIEW ARTICLE
The COVID Context: Delaware’s Falling School Enrollment
Funding and Equity, News, The COVID Context
February 18th, 2021
For the first time in a decade, Delaware public school enrollment has dropped. This trend spans the country—just one of the many shakeups caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Delaware, enrollment triggers a handful of important policy and budgetary questions. A drop in public school enrollment brings many concerns with it, such as: a...VIEW ARTICLE
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