Delaware will have recommendations on how to improve their public school funding formula sometime this fall. Drew Atchison, senior researcher at the American Institutes for Research, shared the project timeline during an equity in education seminar Friday hosted by the Vision Coalition of Delaware, a public-private partnership composed of a broad range of Delawareans who work together to improve the …
2 Del. students head to National Science Camp, STEM careers
Newark Charter High School junior Runyl Liu said her passion for science comes from a middle school jingle she heard. âWe heard this one song about the periodic table and I just really liked the song,â Liu said. âI sort of fell in love with the periodic table and all how chemistry works. It was a very, very odd journey, …
Appo to lease weapon detectors amid schoolsâ focus on safety
Appoquinimink School Districtâs vote this week to install weapon detectors is the latest move by Delaware schools to combat violence and the presence of guns. Itâs an issue thatâs plagued schools since fall, with the latest incident occurring Wednesday when a Sussex Central High School student was found with a firearm on school property. The student was taken into custody …
Senators unanimously agree on 14 of 15 bills Thursday
It was a day of unanimous votes for the Delaware Senate Thursday, with 14 of the 15 items passed without any ânoâ votes. Sen. Darius Brown, D-Wilmington, was the only legislator to vote against House Substitute 1 for House Bill 34, a law that would require school boards from district and charter schools to hold public comment on each agenda …
Bill lets districts say no to busing some charter students
A bill giving school districts power to tell charter schools to transport students living within the district passed through the House Education Committee Wednesday. House Bill 81, sponsored by Rep. Kim Williams, D-Marshallton, the chair of the committee, could force charters to privately contract their own buses to bring students within a district to the schools. Rep. Rich Collins, R-Millsboro, …
Education leaders fight bills adding days off for teachers
Bills that would expand the reasons and days for teachers to take days off from work divided legislators and public commenters in the Senate Education Committee Wednesday. Senate Bill 60, sponsored by Sen. Laura Sturgeon, D-Hockessin, who is chair of the committee, would give teachers and other school employees the same protection to be absent without a loss of pay …
Senate votes to ease workload of Family Service workers
Case workers for the Division of Family Services could soon be getting a reduced workload. The Delaware Senate voted Tuesday to approve a recommendation made by the Child Protection Accountability Commission to drop the number of families that case workers follow from 18 to 12. Senate Bill 33, sponsored by Sen. Kyle Evans Gay, D-Arden, would act on the commissionâs …
Heated debate ends in vote to raise teacher pay over 4 years
Defying the demands of the state teachers union, a committee formed to make recommendations on educator pay voted Monday to bring teacherâs starting salary to $60,000 over four years rather than three. The four-year plan will consist of a 2% salary increase and a flat dollar increase of $1,875 to the base salary for teachers, nurses and administrators each year …
Learning Collab extends director application indefinitely
With only seven applicants for executive director, the Wilmington Learning Collaborative council voted Thursday to extend the application deadline indefinitely. It was to have ended by March 23, with the post being filled by June 1. The council also discussed whether to alert the current applicants that the deadline was being extended, whether to post the job ad in Ed …
Middletown student to lead Business Professionals of America
Middletown High School junior Jennae Overton has been selected by the Business Professionals of America to serve as the president of the 2023-2024 State Officer Leadership Team. Overton believes she was a great candidate for the presidential role because of her involvement in her school newspaper, Future Farmers of America, golf and the Black Student Union. âNewspaper taught me to …