Tag: science of reading

New Bills Target Child Safety

Early Childhood Education

May 10th, 2024

As we wrote in March, a handful of tragic incidents across the state have shone a spotlight on child safety and abuse risks at child care centers. Health and safety complaints to the Office of Child Care Licensing are up 30 percent over the last year, according to the Department of Education, which oversees child care licensing.  In...

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Early Literacy Efforts Remain Front and Center in Delaware

Early Childhood Education

March 25th, 2024

Delaware continues to focus on early literacy, a critical benchmark for a child’s educational development, and an area where Delaware (along with most of the nation) has declined in recent years. Recent focus has been on the NAEP scores, which have put Delaware below most other states and well below some of our neighbors, and with one of...

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Delaware Advances Early Literacy Initiatives

Early Childhood Education

March 27th, 2023

We often hear that children learn to read and then they read to learn—with this transition happening at a critical point in third grade. And we know that we as a state can do more to enable children to read to learn and reach their full potential. In recent years, the issue has gotten even more attention for a few reasons. A greater...

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“Science of Reading” Early Literacy Gains Steam in Legislature

Early Childhood Education, News

May 11th, 2021

The science of reading, or the body of science-backed research that explains how the human mind acquires reading skills, continues to reverberate in Dover and beyond. We covered the topic in March, when the Senate Education Committee hosted a panel of experts who discussed why the science of reading is important for classrooms...

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