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Students in the Brandywine School District’s elementaries are getting easier access to wholesome books – and some extra school spirit
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Delaware Technical Community College’s baseball team finished the 2023 season qualifying for and competing in the 2023 National Junior College
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Multiple staff members of the Indian River School District have been placed on administrative leave, and the district is keeping
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Dozens of Wilmington elementary school students chanted “raise it up” and a drum team played while the ceremonial last beam
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Rep. Sherae’a Moore, D-Middletown, pushed her bill to give all Delaware students free breakfast and lunch during a roundtable discussion
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New Castle County Vocational Technical School District is facing an $80 million deficit for its new Hodgson Vo-Tech High School
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Delaware Tech student-athletes must excel on and off the field as representatives of the College. Throughout the season on the
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Dozens of First State prospective college students are receiving financial help through scholarships. Some scholarships have already been granted while
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Indian River School District will spend $2.8 million on a  new science of reading curriculum expected to improve literacy rates
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Despite months of outcry from the charter school community, the Delaware State Board of Education voted Thursday night to create
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Students of Delaware State University can expect to pay $1,500 more for tuition next year, the HBCU announced Thursday. To
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One of 20 nominees from each district and a charter school will be named 2023 Delaware Behavioral Health Professional of
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The University of Delaware’s board of trustees voted Tuesday to raise tuition 5% for the 2023-2024 school year for all
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Food service managers, lunch cooks and paraprofessionals in Delaware schools could soon see a bump in their paychecks.  The Public
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Although last week’s school board elections had extremely low voter turnout, one education group points out this year’s numbers rose
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Summer school once summoned images of unhappy students who had failed a class trudging off to classes to make them
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EastSide Charter School teacher Sinead Johnson thought she was being brought into the auditorium Friday to receive an award to
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Capital School District’s superintendent will represent Delaware on a presidential committee in Washington, D.C. Vilicia Cade has been appointed to
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A busy day in the House Education Committee Wednesday – headlined by a law that would give students mental health
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A bill that would strip crime-free housing ordinances from Delaware sparked conversation about domestic abuse, racist motives and local control
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The preliminary results for the 2023 Delaware school board elections are in, and here are the winners: New Castle County
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Three bills unanimously flew through the Delaware House of Representatives Tuesday. The first one, House Bill 83, sponsored by Rep.
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Today’s the day: after nine weeks of campaigning, 40 Delawareans will compete for 23 school board seats in Tuesday’s school
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Three weeks after Caesar Rodney School District’s tax referendum failed, residents of another Kent County school district overwhelmingly voted to
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The council of the Wilmington Learning Collaborative will ask the three participating districts to amend their memorandum of understanding to
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Students at the Salesianum School are gearing up for a night of remembrance, community and fundraising as the private all-boys
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Danielle Deinert, a candidate for Milford School District’s board, fielded questions on key education issues like LGBTQ+ rights, critical race
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The state’s new credit for prior learning policy framework will reinforce a practice that WilmU has been using for more
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Another Kent County school district is going to referendum this weekend to raise operating revenue and avoid dramatically cutting student
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The Salesianum School on Friday announced a $10 million donation that will help pay for a new 250,000-square-foot, multi-tiered sports
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Wilmington Christian School is getting a new headmaster, starting July 1.  Jonathan Nazigian was selected by the Hockessin school’s board
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The pandas of Padua Academy took a stroll into Wonderland Wednesday night for the all-girl Wilmington private school’s Night of
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The Delaware Tech criminal justice – law enforcement option (LEO) program held a graduation ceremony on April 26, 2023, to
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With pressure from Delaware educational organizations, a bill that would prevent delays to school board candidate campaigns garnered support Wednesday
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Several organizations have published voter guides and candidate profiles to help residents make informed choices in Delaware’s May 9 school
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Parents have religiously attended school board meetings this year to share concerns about school safety, with incidents like guns in
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A historic Middletown school building is getting a $57.1 million makeover. The Louis L. Redding Building, part of Appoquinimink School
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Ninety-two First State high schoolers have been named Secretary of Education Scholars. Mark Holodick, secretary of education at the Delaware
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The Caesar Rodney School District plans to go to referendum again after their request to raise school taxes by 27.7%,
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Speakers at a town hall Tuesday night said Delaware’s education system is in crisis, Delaware’s students are being indoctrinated by
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Brandywine School District exempted a Wilmington church and office building from having to pay school property taxes, even though they
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The Public Education Compensation Committee voted Monday on recommendations for how to raise pay for school employees other than teachers,
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Town halls set for all three counties will focus on education issues such as academic performance, parental rights, discipline and
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Residents of Caesar Rodney School District seem to be divided on April 22’s tax referendum that would increase school property
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A Delaware Superior Court judge has ruled that the state secretary of education must verify or deny invoices for special
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Here’s a little known curriculum item: Caesar Rodney School District has been teaching firearm safety to all students in pre-K
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About 7,000 University of Delaware students are expected to hit the dance floor for 12 hours later this month to
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Five of Delaware’s 19 school districts no longer livestream their board meetings.  Caesar Rodney, Delmar, Laurel, Smyrna and Woodbridge school
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Seniors in Delaware may save an additional $350 in school property taxes next year under a bill that drew lots
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Seven of the state’s 19 school district superintendents testified in opposition to a bill that would allow teachers to take
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A Sussex County charter school that was supposed to open its doors this fall will wait another year to open.
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Leaders of private christian schools clashed with legislators Wednesday in the Senate Education Committee over a bill that would require
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A bill that would eliminate delays to school board candidates’ names appearing on Delaware’s Department of Elections website was passed
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A bill that would drop the age to vote in school board elections to 16 is drawing strong opposition from
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New Castle County Vocational Technical District will receive $113,016 as part of Delaware’s $8 million share of the settlement of
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The Caesar Rodney School District wants to raise district school taxes by 27.7% over three years to help pay for
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The Department of Education, Delaware State University and the University of Delaware requested millions of dollars from the state Friday
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Appoquinimink school board candidates answered questions about transgender bathrooms, equity and inclusion, goals for the board and more Wednesday night.
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Students from three Wilmington catholic schools spent eight hours on the dance floor last weekend to raise  $243,791 for children
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Two months ago, fifth-grader Jeraniah Jackson joined the 150 students in Cape Henlopen School District’s mentoring program.   She had been
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Delaware Technical Community College is asking the state for $24,815,300 for next fiscal year in order to address critical capital
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The Redding Consortium for Educational Equity wants to add the same kind of support and wraparound services that elementary schools
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The list of school board candidates for the May 9 election has been finalized after delays caused by new background
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Delaware will have recommendations on how to improve their public school funding formula sometime this fall. Drew Atchison, senior researcher
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Newark Charter High School junior Runyl Liu said her passion for science comes from a middle school jingle she heard. 
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Appoquinimink School District’s vote this week to install weapon detectors is the latest move by Delaware schools to combat violence
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A bill giving school districts power to tell charter schools to transport students living within the district passed through the
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Bills that would expand the reasons and days for teachers to take days off from work divided legislators and public
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Defying the demands of the  state teachers union, a committee formed to make recommendations on educator pay voted Monday to
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With only seven applicants for executive director, the Wilmington Learning Collaborative council voted Thursday to extend the application deadline indefinitely.
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Middletown High School junior Jennae Overton has been selected by the Business Professionals of America to serve as the president
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A bill that would establish a 17-person task force to focus on mentoring and improving literacy rates for Delaware’s youth
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A bill to stop nepotism in Wilmington City Council posts is headed to the full council next month. Wilmington Councilman
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Jessica Mariner can see how her seventh-grade son Karson has made academic and behavioral strides in the two months he’s
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A First State college, high school and career development group have been recognized by the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce
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The deadline for people to file to run for the May 9 school board elections has passed, but it may 
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A state board has recommended changing the certification and licensure requirements for Delaware charter school leaders to match those of
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Maiss Hussein took home this year’s Delaware Poetry Out Loud crown Thursday night with her recitation of Tarfia Faizullah’s “The
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Odyssey Charter sophomore Arnav Taduviyi said awareness and education are the first step to combating the negative environmental effects of
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Kent County farm owner Jane Warren is anxious to have internet service at her home, but there’s no way to
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Tiny Tots Childcare Director Jessica Burns got good news Wednesday: A second round of relief checks for Delaware’s child care
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Joshua Donophan wanted to join a program that sends students to the U.S. Senate for a week because he believes
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The Delaware Charter Schools Network, 11 charter schools and the Delaware secretary of education are waiting on a judge’s ruling
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After five rounds of competition, the Charter School of Wilmington’s team bested 17 teams to win the 2023 Delaware High
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Saint Mark’s High School students were anointed with holy water Friday as the Catholic school opened a mental health center
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The Wilmington Learning Collaborative governing council voted Thursday night to hire Delaware State University and Empower Schools as project managers.
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Redding Consortium officials said Wednesday night they will prioritize aligning their plans with the Wilmington Learning Collaborative, investing in wraparound
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Thirty New Castle County schools will split $15,000 in cash prizes as part of an environmentally-friendly initiative. Wednesday, county executive
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Brandywine School District has been helping students with special needs land trade jobs for nearly two decades. Nazim Bailey, a
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The state is in the process of creating rules that govern the licensure and certification of charter school leaders. It’s
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Five Delaware high school students will show off their work in this year’s Delaware Young Playwrights Festival. Their scripts were
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Companies that provide Delaware school bus drivers want the state to raise school bus driver pay to $25 an hour.
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Several members of the Joint Finance Committee asked the Department of Education officials on Wednesday when and if they would
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A variety of community groups are offering college scholarships, and students who want to apply need to get on it,
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Plans to recommend how the state will significantly hike salaries of teachers as well as school administrators and nurses stalled
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Schools are in the relationship business, says Vicky Yatzus, who is retiring in June after 15 years  as head of 
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Candidates have 19 days left to file to run in the May 9 school board elections, and education advocates hope
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Padua’s Julia Nowaczyk is looking forward to reading two poems to a packed Smyrna Opera House in three weeks. “It
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Wilmington Learning Collaborative officials grappled over budget plans and filled two vacant council positions Thursday night in their second meeting
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The Appoquinimink School District will review its safety measures and increase security at entry points for events. The changes follow
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Wilmington University introduced the eight faculty members that will help build its new law school. Jefferey Zavrotny, associate dean for
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Complaints about safety at Springer Middle School at Monday night’s Brandywine School District meeting devolved into a shouting match between
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On Tuesday a steady procession of elementary students climbed into chairs at the Paul Mitchell The School  and were transformed
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  What do Odessa’s choir, orchestra and band students have in common, besides a love of music?  The Philadelphia Eagles.
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Calls to consider means testing before granting veteran and senior housing tax breaks shocked a legislative committee last month. Delaware’s
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A new report from Rodel shows that First State families do not have adequate access to affordable child care. A
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A new private school is coming to Sussex County in the fall. Dustin Yoder said he started Headwaters Acton to
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Students at  Salesianum, Ursuline and Padua will dance their hearts out from dusk to dawn in March as they attempt
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Funding requests from three state colleges in General Assembly financial hearings Thursday drew questions about campus safety, fair pay and
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Dozens of Ursuline Academy’s lower school students cheered in excitement and awe as a military robot roved quickly around the
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EastSide Charter’s new $25 million STEM hub boils down to one word: accessibility, said Chief Executive Officer Aaron Bass. That
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With Black History Month starting Wednesday, a number of events will celebrate the contributions of Black Americans. “We strive all
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Generally praising Delaware’s investments in early childhood education, a state panel also said “a tremendous number” of underserved children don’t
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William Penn staff have one benefit most educators don’t: Eggs. Karen Ferrucci’s animal science class harvests eggs from their chickens,
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Maddie Barry said getting accepted into Cab Calloway School of Arts in 9th grade after being rejected the previous year
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A bill that would increase funding for preschool students with disabilities was released by the House Education Committee Wednesday, but
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A bill that blew through the House unanimously got some blowback Wednesday in the Senate Education Committee. House Bill 34,
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A Senate committee hearing Tuesday heard the state Secretary of Education apologize about the way lead testing in schools was
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Gov. John Carney’s announcement last week of a 9% pay raise for teachers caused a lot of comment in Monday
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Caesar Rodney high school students had a front row seat Tuesday to penguin research in the South Pole. You read
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The Delaware Department of Education is championing higher-quality math curriculums, spending more time on the topic and offering more professional
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A Newark Charter Junior High student won this year’s MLK Voice 4 Youth competition. Eighth-grader Ayomikun Adeojo took home $2,300
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A Smyrna School District’s board decision to use the district’s $450,000 in pandemic relief and more to install lighting at
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A bill that would ban a local school tax increase after the statewide property reassessment is completed was tabled Wednesday
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Classroom teachers in Delaware’s public schools will receive a 9% increase in their salary next school year. Others who work
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The Wilmington Learning Collaborative’s three parent representatives share a passion and background for social work and educational advocacy. They have
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A 16-year-old male from Wilmington has been arrested in connection to a shooting at William Penn High School Tuesday that
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Dozens of prospective Ursuline Academy students gathered with their families Sunday for a recognition ceremony celebrating their scholarships to the
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In Friday’s first public meeting of the Wilmington Learning Collaborative’s board, members focused on ironing out the specifics on how
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Officials from three Sussex County charter schools told state representatives Thursday they need more legislative support to best support their
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William Penn High School will close the rest of the week to allow the Delaware State Police to investigate an
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The Wilmington Learning Collaborative will hold its first public meeting Friday, and the board is expected to be filled with
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Read Aloud Delaware, a Wilmington nonprofit dedicated to helping young children be ready to learn to read in school, unveiled
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Three bills that would raise real estate tax credits are on the docket for the Delaware House of Representatives Education
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Delaware State University students, faculty and staff will have a chance to attend a three-day event in Cartagena that examines
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Delaware’s Department of Education will hold two public meetings this week to discuss changes in rules that extend public education
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Mount Pleasant Elementary School Principal Matt Auerbach was delivering his routine morning announcements on a November Wednesday when the livestream
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Delaware’s school choice application period is closing Wednesday, Jan. 11. That means families who want to send their children to
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Educators who earn their certification in an alternative pathway are less likely to stay in the field after five years,
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Country music star and Delaware native Jimmie Allen will be the keynote speaker for Delaware State University’s 2023 undergraduate commencement
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This story was originally published in November 2022. The leader of a Red Clay task force wants to reinvent Alexis
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This story was originally published Dec. 1, 2022. As enrollment declined at A.I. du Pont High School starting in 2008,
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This story was originally published in July 2022. Rodel, a local nonprofit espousing better education in Delaware, calls the 151st
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Delaware’s 19 public school districts will receive at least $500,000 each to install solar panels to reduce energy consumption for
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This story was originally published in November 2022. Colonial School District Superintendent Jeffrey D. Menzer unearthed a surprising fact while
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This story was originally published in May 2022. Jahsha Tabron’s passion for English and literature exploded after reading Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”
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This story was originally published in August 2022. Delaware’s 2022 test scores were released this August, and they aren’t pretty. 
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Christina School District is the latest Delaware district to hire constables to help ensure student safety, a trend that has
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A Red Clay mom known for community advocacy has been appointed to the Wilmington Learning Collaborative’s governing council as the
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Paul and Linda McConnell have given Saint Mark’s High School another $1 million just two months after donating $1.75 million
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Ursuline Academy’s second grade routinely offers a Christmas pageant at the end of the year, but this year’s was a
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Hitting the road for the holidays? You are not alone: 33% of First State residents are expected to travel more
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Building X, the University of Delaware’s $165 million hub for science research and classes, is on track to be completed
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Wilmington charter school First State Montessori Academy is bringing in the holiday season by making and donating pizzelles, a traditional
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Great Oaks Charter School, a Wilmington charter serving a student body of more than 80% Black students, will not be
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The Wilmington Learning Collaborative will have to wait until next month for Christina School District to select its parent representative
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A school building in Hockessin instrumental to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education ruling that desegregated public
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A mother who sued over her son’s injuries in a school dodgeball game has withdrawn her lawsuit. India Scott had
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The Brandywine School District voted Monday night to explore using the same new model for evaluate its superintendent that Christina
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Delaware’s state teachers union got one of its wishes Monday when the state committee charged with adjusting the salaries of
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Kuumba Academy, a Wilmington charter school, will use a $2.4 million state grant to expand its health center and summer
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Caesar Rodney School District new five-year strategic plan will focus heavily on social and emotional learning. “Meeting the needs of
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A Red Clay Consolidated School District committee will hire an independent group to test for lead in water at district
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Heather Hitchens of Lake Forest Central has been named Delaware 2023 Educational Support Professional of the Year. A paraprofessional, she
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Fourth-graders at Thomas Edison Charter School in Wilmington shoved free books into their drawstring bags as they excitedly hunted through
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A handful of first-graders in a Woodbridge District school laughed and cheered Tuesday as they — in English — guessed
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A New Castle County school has debuted a sensory room designed to help disabled students better recognize things they see,
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A new education group will hold a multi-level event in Wilmington Saturday, Dec. 10, to help people find jobs in
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Over the course of the pandemic, enrollment in Delaware charter schools increased 5.10%, while traditional public schools’ student body dropped
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Delaware’s teacher of the year didn’t set out to be an educator. Ashley Lockwood chose to earn a bachelor of
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When William Penn High School senior Ethan Davis visits his alma mater next year, he hopes to see student-led changes
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It was a historic day for the Hornets of Delaware State University Wednesday, as the school announced it has received
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Delaware’s teachers union is circulating a petition that demands a state compensation committee move its monthly meeting time an hour
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Even though the job of superintendent of education is one of the most powerful in a school district, many Delaware
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  A Red Clay Consolidated School District board member is pressing the new Wilmington Learning Collaborative to advertise meetings. Cathy
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Schools up and down the First State are asking their school boards to allow them to put more than 22
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Delaware’s teacher union is calling for educators and specialists to flood the Monday, Dec. 12, meeting of a teacher pay
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The 20 individuals who have been named as Educational Support Professionals of the Year are the “glue that keeps our
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The leader of a Red Clay task force wants to reinvent Alexis I. du Pont High School as a magnet
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Colonial School District Superintendent Jeffrey D. Menzer unearthed a surprising fact while he was devising a method to track the
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The term “student-athlete” takes on a new meaning at Saint Mark’s High School in Pike Creek, where gamers can exercise
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While the Delaware State Hornets take on the Morgan State Bears Saturday, the Delaware Department of Education will be working
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Veterans, students, community members — and even Miss Global USA —  jogged 20 kilometers around the Saint Mark’s High School
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Delaware’s school choice applications for the 2023-2024 academic year open this week. The First State is one of 13 in
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Four Ursuline Academy seniors are hanging up their Raiders uniforms in exchange for collegiate garb. The students signed letters of
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A new playground – designed by kids, for kids – is now open in Wilmington.  More than 150 volunteers helped
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Maia Palmer, a visual arts teacher at Cab Calloway School of the Arts, wanted to bring awareness to how chronic
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Delaware’s Equalization Committee has agreed to not make any decisions on whether to freeze or change the state’s equalization formula,
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A $675,000 grant from the Administration for Community Living will go toward educating older homebound Delawareans who struggle to find
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Colonial School District is adding three electric buses and one propane-powered bus to its fleet, courtesy of an $809,000 federal
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Appoquinimink School District’s board of education approved a request for two class size waivers Tuesday night, by far the fewest
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The Wilmington Learning Collaborative already is forming the council that will govern it. Once the council is established, it will
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A new initiative at Warner Elementary School in Wilmington is bringing law enforcement into schools to teach fifth-graders about how
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Seaford School District has hired two constables to patrol its schools and help keep students safe, it announced Monday. The
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Delaware’s Department of Education has denied Red Clay Consolidated School District’s request for $265 million to address maintenance costs and
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Delaware will announce a new statewide math plan in December to counter COVID learning loss and boost the state’s horrific
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After five years of planning and months of school board debates, stakeholders will gather Tuesday to sign the agreement creating
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After months of teasing a record enrollment, Delaware State University announced Friday exactly what it was. DSU has 6,200 students
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Great Oaks Charter parents, students and teachers laughed, cried and pleaded with an Education Department representative Thursday for the survival
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Wilmington University’s School of Law expects to open in August 2023 with 100 students, 50 during the day and 50
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University of Delaware professor Roberta Michnick Golinkoff believes that to rectify the decline of public education in America, students need
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Wilmington will be getting the presidential treatment this Sunday – and we’re not talking about a Joe Jam. “The President’s
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The Delaware Library Consortium announced Tuesday that it will spend $1 million to add school libraries into the statewide catalog.
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Last June, second-grader Jackson Houtman seemed on the brink of being booted from the school he had choiced into. Diagnosed
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Delaware test scores have fallen to the bottom of the heap since 2019, with some worse than any other state,
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Archmere Academy’s Lydia Scarpaci wasn’t sure what she wanted to pursue next year in college – until she enrolled in
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Red Clay Consolidated School District voted unanimously Wednesday night to create and join the Wilmington Learning Collaborative. That makes them
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Jose Matthews, a member of the Red Clay School Board, is calling for fellow board member Martin Wilson to be
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Four New Castle County elementary schools are getting wellness centers that will offer medical, mental health and nutrition services to
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Delaware’s teacher union proposed a new salary schedule Monday that includes a base pay of $60,000. Of that base pay,
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The Brandywine School District followed the leader and voted unanimously Monday night to join the Wilmington Learning Collaborative. The vote
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The state will spend just under $1 million to help first responders navigate schools more quickly when emergencies occur. As
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Wilmington University is starting a law school. It will be the First State’s second, joining Widener University’s Delaware Law School,
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A Wilmington couple was surprised by thunderous cheers when dozens of Ursuline Academy Lower School students gathered to thank the
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Changes in the final version of the agreement to create the Wilmington Learning Collaborative include giving schools hiring power, tasking
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Ashley Lockwood, a fifth-grade teacher at Lulu Ross Elementary in Milford School District, has been named the 2023 Delaware Teacher
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Cell phone use, attendance requirements and items allowed on school buses will be on the agenda this year for Red
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Boost ’22, an initiative to raise graduation rates among seniors in the city of Wilmington, resulted in 88% of those
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After five years of planning and months of discussions around the agreement, Christina School District’s school board voted unanimously Monday
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Timothy L. Fields and Shereem Herndon-Brown want to help Black families bridge the information gap in  how to help their
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The bad news: Colonial School District expects to pay at least $350,000 to repair a water main suspected of bringing
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The University of Delaware expects to be receiving half a billion dollars in federal expenditures for research by 2029. UD
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UPchieve, an application that provides around-the-clock ​​free, online tutoring and college counseling for low-income high school students could be making
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The new $84 million Bancroft School, which will span across several blocks in Wilmington, may be open for students by
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Opt Out Today, a national campaign to encourage teachers and other government workers to leave their unions, is ramping up
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A new digital and uniform process to register children for kindergarten in the First State was unveiled to an audience
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Concerns about enrollment numbers at Great Oaks Charter School in Wilmington have triggered  a formal review by the Delaware Department
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India Scott, a Caesar Rodney School District mother suing a father and son over injuries her son received in gym
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St. Mark’s is launching a campaign to raise $8 million to invest in athletics, innovation, technology, the arts and the
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It was a two-fer day of celebration Thursday at Delaware State University, as officials broke ground for a new $10
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Mountaire Farms has launched a new college scholarship program that will give 10 Delaware high school seniors focusing on careers
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Mount Pleasant High School will “let it snow” next spring, as it’s the only school in Delaware to be awarded
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Sports fans shouldn’t just assume that incidents like the ones that rocked recent Howard and Appoquinimink high school football games
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Christina School District’s school board explored a new model to evaluate its superintendent and other administrators during a board workshop
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Delaware is spending more of its education COVID relief funds on postsecondary and career readiness than other states.  “Overall, Delaware’s
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Private schools across Delaware are in the thick of recruiting season, and most of them are holding open houses in
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Jaden Rivera dropped his phone on his lap and started crying when he got the phone call that he was
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Wilmington Learning Collaborative officials are asking its member districts for a definitive vote by the end of October.  “We have
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A look at the test scores of Brandywine School District’s elementary schools shows why the state is focusing only on
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Brandywine School District’s Board of Education has once again bypassed a vote on whether the district should join the Wilmington
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Columbia University hopeful Nathan Cho is not going to miss his shot. He’s been eyeing a spot on the Delaware
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Caesar Rodney School District is the only district in the country to be awarded a grant from the National Fish
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Saturday’s Sounds of Champions marching band competition at Odessa High Stadium shines a light not only on the bands, but
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Goldey-Beacom College’s president says the school’s use of its endowment to commit to affordable tuition landed it in the top
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Red Clay Consolidated School District is waiting to hear whether the state will fund a request for $265 million to
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Nine Delaware school districts have been awarded millions from the Department of Education to buy instruction materials for 99 schools
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  Delaware State University rose one place to No. 2 in the U.S. News & World Report college rankings of
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Plans were unveiled Monday for a $22 million STEM hub at EastSide Charter, partly paid for by a $1 million
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A block party Saturday at the Community Education Building in downtown Wilmington will feature free food, entertainment and even free
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In spring 2021, Ameilia Carrubba’s struggles with reading because of her dyslexia meant she shied away from books and reading.
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As the academic year gears up, Delaware schools still have more than 500 teacher vacancies to fill.  “We think about
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Community members decked out in suits fought a torrential downpour to welcome students back to EastSide Charter School Tuesday morning. 
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The Crusaders of Everett Meredith Middle School finally have a home to call their own. For the past two years,
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      Cheering Ursuline Academy seniors waving signs welcomed students of the lower school back to the classroom Wednesday,
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    A joint meeting Tuesday of the Brandywine, Christina and Red Clay school districts about the Wilmington Learning Collaborative
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For the first time since fall 2020, Delaware teachers will not be granted paid COVID-19 leave.  That means they have
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Odyssey Charter will be the first school in Delaware to offer an Advanced Placement African American Studies class.  The class
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Teachers, firemen, custodians, bus drivers and parents decked out in neon-colored vests filled the first floor hallway at Dover High
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Jennifer Reeve’s son starts kindergarten on Monday, and she said it’s important for her to feel comfortable with the environment
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  The University of Delaware is asking students, staff and faculty to wear masks for the first two weeks of
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  Newark Charter School unveiled its $20 million junior high school Tuesday. It’s the latest addition to a campus that
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Bruce Ashby, transportation supervisor at Capital School District, said his office didn’t ask for state help in getting three new
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The  joint meeting of the Red Clay, Brandywine and Christina school districts to discuss concerns about the Wilmington Learning Collaborative
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Caesar Rodney School District students will be the first to return to school this fall, heading back on Tuesday, Aug.
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India Scott, the Caesar Rodney School District mother who is suing another parent and son for dodgeball game injuries, was
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The mother of a Caesar Rodney School District seventh-grader has sued another parent claiming his son repeatedly hit her son
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Several members of the public called Wednesday night for the Red Clay Consolidated School District to help create a Mandarin
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The Delaware Department of Education announced last week it has hired a Virginia consultant to study the state’s public education
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Shaquona Meyers, the new Nativity Preparatory School principal, offers a swift, brief answer when asked why she took the job
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Kristen Wilson wanted to figure out how to combat the increasing mental health struggles seen in students as the COVID-19
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Brandywine, Red Clay and Christina school districts will meet Aug. 30 with the Department of Education and the governor’s office
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Singing nursery rhymes, teaching letter sounds, and discussing what has been read are all ways you might see the science
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Five Delaware junior and senior high school students have been selected as Bank of America Student Leaders. The Student Leader
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Ursuline Academy is creating an army of Rachael Rays and Bear Gryllses this summer through their dramatically revamped camps.  When
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Christina School District board on Tuesday night once more voted to delay a decision on whether or not to join
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A Wilmington Learning Collaborative official said Tuesday that the boards of the three participating districts may not approve the operating
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Delaware’s 2022 test scores were released Tuesday, and they aren’t pretty.  Just 30% of Delaware students in grades three to
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Angelie Ross-Jimenez is 19 years old with an associate’s degree and a full-time job, and she has Wilmington University to
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Children of migrant workers who move to Delaware – whether from a different state or a different country – can
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Six First State students each won a $100 cash prize in a state digital mapping competition with projects on Delaware’s
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There are wide disparities among Delaware’s public school districts and charters in the percentage of seniors crossing the stage to
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Spark Summer Camp and After School Program is quickly asserting themselves as a premier summer camp in Delaware. The camp,
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Appoquinimink School District is calling on all parents and children to attend its Aug. 6 Family Day festival. The event
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First State Educate, a local education advocacy group, held a webinar Tuesday to outline where COVID-19 relief money went. Relief
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Christina School District has partnered with Giant Food Stores to help combat food insecurity this summer.  “Round up for Christina”
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After spending more than three decades in a district of nearly 40,000 students, Dr. Susan Brown is moving on to
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First State Educate will host a school funding webinar Tuesday to discuss where the hundreds of millions of dollars in
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Families and friends packed the historic Howard High School auditorium in Wilmington Friday to watch this year’s Leading Youth Through
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Fifty at-risk students, 25 from Capital and 25 from Caesar Rodney school districts, are continuing their schooling into the summer
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Here’s one way to keep the attention of a class of teenage campers: designate one of them as a “killer”
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The Brandywine School District Board is divided on whether or not to join the Wilmington Learning Collaborative.  At its meeting
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Along Route 12 is a small white cottage with a flag attached to a post on the porch, reading “bloom
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Red Clay Consolidated School District may become the first district to vote on the agreement that would formally set up
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  The Riders of Caesar Rodney School District have saddled up to corral a higher number of summer reading minutes.
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  Appoquinimink School District’s board voted unanimously this week to  invest $215,000 in up to 25 new buses by the
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Appoquinimink School District librarians are hopping in their bookmobile and giving away hundreds of free publications July 20.  While the
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Appoquinimink’s Transportation Committee voted Thursday to buy up to 25 new school buses for fall, as the district’s contractors struggle
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Rodel, a local nonprofit espousing better education in Delaware, calls the 151st General Assembly, which just ended, the “Education General
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Caesar Rodney’s school board voted Tuesday night to buy software that will cost $10,500 annually, but serve as a one-stop-shop
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Several First State students finished in the top 10 of events at the 45th annual HOSA Future Health Professionals International
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Eight different Delaware students finished in the top 10 of 10 different competitions at this year’s national STEM conference in
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A bill that would transform certain loans to scholarships to encourage students to pursue careers in education and other needed
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Delaware State University will use $1 million in federal funds to build an urban revitalization center. The money will come
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Kelvin Addy needed a push to make it into William Penn’s 2014 graduating class. Now he’s working for one of
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  Delaware Technical Community College announced Tuesday that it plans to build a Veterans Resource Center at its Wilmington campus
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After decades of dealing with a teensy library stuffed inside a multi-use building, Middletown on Friday celebrated the opening of
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A bill that would bar charter schools from giving preference in student admissions to those living within a 5-mile radius
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A bill that would help address the state’s lingering concern over a teacher shortage was unanimously released by the Senate
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Wilmington Learning Collaborative organizers say they hope to have an executive director in place by early fall. That was one
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The Wilmington Learning Collaborative will hold its second community meeting since it released its draft agreement on on Tuesday, June
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A Hindu activist last week praised Brandywine School District as the first in Delaware to close so students could celebrate
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  Two Delaware music teachers have a shot at doing something that Queen, Jimi Hendrix and Tupac Shakur never did
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A flyer for an Appoquinimink School District professional development workshop left some people thinking that the district was ditching a
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  After spending four decades working in a room full of frogs and children, Dr. Rosa Trotter is hopping into
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A draft of the agreement formalizing the Wilmington Learning Collaborative says parents, students and teachers will be included in the
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    A bill that would prohibit higher education institutions from asking about an applicant’s criminal history is headed to
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Poorer Delaware school districts could soon see a drop in their financial burdens for minor school capital projects. Senate Bill
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Country music sensation and Delaware native Jimmie Allen will join Read Aloud Delaware Wednesday for a Q+A session about his
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Conrad Schools of Science and Sanford Middle School have won the Delaware Department of Transportation’s third annual Delaware Bridge Design
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  First State parents can help students can keep their minds active this summer by using a new website that
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As the Great American experiment continues to explore what works in education for communities, parents and their children across the
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Red Clay Consolidated School District seems on track to adopt a new dress code this summer after months of student-led
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  Jahsha Tabron’s passion for English and literature exploded after reading Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” and “Macbeth” in her 11th grade honors
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Delaware child care workers can now enroll in a registry that will allow them to receive their $1,000 direct relief
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  The uniforms worn by the senior Pandas of Padua Academy were a little more colorful than usual this week. 
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The University of Delaware has announced it is going to require students and staff to wear masks in all indoor
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For the first time in school history, Padua Academy will honor not two, not three, but four valedictorians to top
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  Highlands Elementary School in Wilmington will officially be known as Joseph E. Johnson Jr. Elementary school after a Monday
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  The University of Delaware Trustees said Thursday they will raise tuition rates 3% across the board for the 2022-23. 
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  While a bill to make schools check air quality annually and quickly fix any problems drew support Wednesday, several
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  A bill that would stop school boards from unilaterally increasing school property taxes as much as 10% after a
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  A bill aimed at combating the sharp decline in Delaware’s literacy rates since 2002 swept through the General Assembly.
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  Red Clay’s school board will not be conducting a compliance or governance review on The Charter School of Wilmington.
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  Five Delaware students, all from charter schools, have been named a 2022 Presidential Scholar. That national award honors them
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by Terry Rogers     In conjunction with a College Readiness Conference held Saturday, May 14, the Greater Milford Boys
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    In a tradition that dates nearly 40 years, the secretary of education at the Delaware Department of Education
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Melissa Tracy’s passion for service and dedication to ensuring success for younger generations is part of the reason she was
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A fiery discussion in the state House of Representatives Education Committee about a bill that would prevent schools from being
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  Five school districts had huge increases in voter turnout in Tuesday’s school board elections, with some doubling or tripling
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Howard T. Ennis school will be home to the Bryan Allen Stevenson School for Excellence in fall 2023.   After
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The preliminary results for the 2022 Delaware school board elections are in, and here are the winners: Capital – Felecia
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A hint of salt, a dash of pepper and a big spoonful of victory and cash for Caesar Rodney High
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Red Clay candidates have placed their campaign signs around North Star Elementary School in Hockessin. (Jarek Rutz/Delaware LIVE News) It’s
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Photo/Pixabay In response to recent cases of sexual misconduct by faculty and staff in Delaware schools, state lawmakers filed three
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Delaware State University president Tony Allen has promised an investigation into an April 20 incident during which a bus carrying
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  After weeks of candidates campaigning, Delaware’s 38 school board candidates face the voters Tuesday, May 10. Polls open on
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  Riding fears that COVID-19 drove teachers from classrooms and worries over Maryland saying it will pay starting teachers $60,000
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    A bill requiring the state to conduct an annual workforce study of early childhood professionals and help the
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Christine Smith and Keenan Dorsey   Colonial School District wrapped up the six school board forums held this week and
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  The school board forums being held by a coalition of 10 education-related organizations continued Monday night with Appoquinimink and
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Many school board candidates approached about participating in forums never responded, organizers say.   While the six school board forums
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Mt. Pleasant’s Vex Robotics team is, from left, Madison Viola, Martiana Olsen, Cadentz Orbanus (kneeling, Fereydoun Stout and Alexander Amores,
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School board elections are May 10 across the state of Delaware.   Jalyn Powell, running for Milford School District’s at-large
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Left to right: Ashley Sabo (Red Clay), Jim Casper (Red Clay), Vic Leonard (Red Clay), Felicia Duggins (Capital), Joan Engel
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Upcoming school board forums will allow community members to meet, question school board candidates. Photo by Element5 Digital.   Meet
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Republicans are going all in this year to support their candidates for school board elections that take place in three
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Drones, video games and basketball all in one place. That wasn’t just a middle school boy’s dream, but a day
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The Red Clay School District Board’s motion to review the Charter School of Wilmington did not pass last week, but
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Photo courtesy of UDance. The country’s fifth-largest college dance marathon and University of Delaware’s largest student-run philanthropy event will “return
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The Red Clay move follows months of complaints from parents about Wilmington Charter. Photo by Pixabay.   UPDATE: The motion
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A bill that will require the state to provide mental health education in every grade level passed through the Senate
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A bill headed to the House after passing in the Senate would require state colleges to livestream trustee meetings and
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  New state funding will allow Redding Consortium to help schools create more early childhood seats, services   Last year,
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  While students at Blades Elementary get the traditional reminders to continue reading during the upcoming spring break, their reminders
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A day after being released by the Senate Education Committee, a bill that refocus the way reading is taught sailed
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  A bill that would require schools to publish information about what’s being taught and what materials are being used
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A bill requiring the state’s public schools to use techniques and materials employing the science of reading is headed to
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Padua freshmen and sophomores create toys that are then presented to judges and industry experts, including Melissa & Doug reps.
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Three Delaware colleges and universities have asked the state for $120 million to fund the construction of new buildings as
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  Christina School District is using federal COVID-19 money to hire tutors for two years to help its students catch
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Springer Middle School students demonstrate how their new math curriculum works. Four Springer Middle School teachers told visitors Wednesday that
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Chase Martinez shovels sand during a Delaware Science Olympiad bridges event as Joseph Mlodak uses two rods to stop the
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Nearly half of Oberle Elmentary’s students are Latino and in the fall the school will start a dual language immersion
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Delaware schools are one step closer to being able to hire permanent substitute teachers.  House Bill 315, which would provide
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      Teachers in the Brandywine School District are one step closer to being about to throw away notebooks,
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After a contentious hearing, a bill that would put a moratorium on both the creation and expansion of charter schools
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A bill that would require a statewide mental health curriculum has passed the House. Photo by Unsplash     A
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25 New Castle County Vo-Tech students will be hire to work on Wilmington revitalization projects.     New Castle County
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Billy Scialla. a Fifer Middle School eighth grader, won the state spelling bee on the word “surrogate.” Photo courtesy St.
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State education officials, legislators are moving to be sure the science of reading is used when teaching public students.  
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Freire’s withdrawal comes as Christina School District’s board is asking the state to put a moratorium on new and expanding
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  Two bills moving to the House floor would put millions into mental health positions in Delaware’s middle school and
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Three seats only have one person running, but one seat in Red Clay School District has four people running. When
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Three Delaware schools are getting a visit from a national tour highlighting changes in teaching math.   Caesar Rodney, Brandywine,
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Wilmington leaders gather at EastSide Charter at the start of each school year to welcome the students back to school.
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Ursuline seniors Ava, left, and Bella Lindia read their recently published book to Ursuline elementary students.   Ursuline Academy students
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The Christina School District board heard from members and parents opposed to a charter school moratorium. Two parents opposed to
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Two Christina School Board members have asked the board to revisit its request for a moratorium on new charter schools
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Only 7 public schools in Delaware have not yet lifted their face mask requirement. Photo by Rondae Productions/Pexels   Only
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  Six Newark High students were arrested after a fight there Monday, and police are seeking more information about it.
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As Delaware LIVE News closes in on its second anniversary as a locally-owned news business focused on hyperlocal news and
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  Dr. Matthew Bobrowsky and DSU observatory’s 14-inch Meade reflecting telescope.     Delaware State University issued an unusual invitation
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  The Phillie Phanatic visited Ursuline’s elementary classes to celebrate reading.   Ursuline Academy found a way to lure their
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Wilmington Friends elementary students have created a display for Black History Month.     Wilmington Friends School fifth grader Gabby
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A Republican State Representative plans to file a bill in the General Assembly to give parents a better idea of
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  Gov. John Carney announced Monday that he would lift his indoor mask mandate Friday — except for schools, where
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When state schools start using a Black history curriculum in the 2022-23 academic year, it won’t entail having classes focus
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A video wall in Tower Hill’s Hub can be used by teachers, students. You won’t find librarians shushing students to
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Gov. John Carney went door-to-door in Wilmington to sell his plans for the Learning Collaborative.   After making Gov. John
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Appo will change the start times for all its schools for the 2022-23 school year.   The Appoquinimink School Board
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Appoquinimink system, parents are wrestling with proposed changes to allow elementary, middle and high schools to start at different times.
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  Gov. John Carney, left, and Dr. Mark Holodick, secretary of the Delaware Department of Education talk to the Brandywine
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Money in the state budget that is line itemed for a defunct literacy council is being used to pay for
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  This screen grab from a Harlan Elementary Bedtime Stories livestream shows only a portion of those online.   A
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Christina School District’s Board of Education has called for a statewide temporary moratorium on new charter schools and the expansion
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DSU was one of more than a dozen HBCUs to receive a bomb threat Monday Delaware State University President Tony
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  A Delaware education nonprofit that wants to foster radical change in state schools by activating the involvement of Delawareans
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  Delaware colleges and universities are heading into the third spring with COVID-19. Photo by Photo by Tirachard Kumtanom/Pexels.  
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The principal at Southern Elementary School has had to find as many as 25 substitutes for teachers on one recent
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A Republican-backed measure that would require Delaware schools to teach that communism and totalitarianism conflict with freedom and democracy was
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With federal Rescue Plan money, state colleges will be able to build new facilities, maintain older ones and enhance programs
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Navient has agreed to a nearly $1.9 billion settlement of a suit that charged it used unfair, predatory practices.  
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  The Christina School District voted unanimously Tuesday night to allow its superintendent to enter negotiations to form the Wilmington
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Predictive Analytics Group founders and University of Delaware Alumni have started a $50,000 endowed scholarship. Left to right: CEO Stephen
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Gov. John Carney takes questions about the Wilmington Learning Collaborative project during a December town hall.   A state program
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Dr. Tony Allen with his mother, R. Leatha Allen. Photo courtesy of Dr. Allen   R. Leatha Allen, mother of
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  The University of Delaware said students may return to campus Jan. 2, but winter classes will start virtually as
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Delaware State students will need booster vaccinations before they are allowed to return to campus in 2022.   Citing the
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Tom Neuberger Wilmington attorney Tom Neuberger has been an advocate for women in sports since the 1970s when he helped
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On the same day that the first four cases of the highly contagious COVID-19 omicron variant were confirmed in Delaware,
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  All students, whether online or in class, must be vaccinated and have a booster before returning for spring semester,
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Under Red Clay’s policy, trans students will be able to play on intramural school teams for the gender with which
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The Old College at the University of Delaware. University of Delaware President Dennis Assanis’s dire warnings of huge financial deficits
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TOP: LOUIS L. REDDING SCHOOL IN 1952. BOTTOM: AN ARCHITECT’S RENDERING OF LOUIS L. REDDING MIDDLE SCHOOL IN 2026. Voters
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Gov. John Carney addresses a Pulaski Elementary crowd about his proposed Wilmington Learning Collaborative.   A meeting to get buy-in
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Red Clay Consolidated School District will consider policy changes relating to its transgender and gender-diverse students during a board meeting
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  Christina and Appoquininimink school district buses ran as normal Friday morning as drivers returned to work after a one-day
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Bus driver pay is not governed by the state, but is set by individual companies. While the state of Delaware
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