Today â Monday, Nov. 6 â is the first day Delawareâs school choice window opens, allowing parents to file applications to send their children to a school outside of their neighborhood. âEvery child learns differently, which is why Delaware being a âschool choiceâ state is so important,â said Kendall Massett, executive director of the Delaware Charter Schools Network. âThis week, …
Positive Outcomes Charter School of Camden came prepared for its sixth meeting with a state committee that reviews Delawareâs charter schoolsâ progress. Positive Outcomes showed the committee a short video presenting a lot of anecdotal and data-based successes. We’re very proud to be in front of you today seeking our sixth renewal of our school,â said Ed Emmett, school director. …
Six of the First Stateâs 23 charter schools are up for renewal this year and will have their futures decided at the State Board of Educationâs December meeting. First State Military Academy, Freire Charter School Wilmington, Great Oaks Charter School, Kuumba Academy Charter School, Positive Outcomes Charter School and Sussex Montessori School are the six that submitted their renewal application …
As First State public schools reopen next week, most students wonât see much difference in the day-to-day workings of the classroom. But thereâs a lot going on in the background. Many districts will be adopting new science and math curriculums designed to help counter the stateâs dismal test scores â and continue the battle against COVID-19 learning loss. More mental …
After years of leasing a warehouse from a local church to operate a school, Las AmĂ©ricas ASPIRA Academy celebrated having its own home Wednesday. Margie LĂłpez Waite, chief executive officer of the school, said the completed high school building will help more students become multilingual, a highly-valued skill in todayâs workforce. The high school, located at 750 Otts Chapel Road …
With the 2023 General Assembly session ending in June, educational advocates are cheering the legislatureâs action on early education, mental health support and transparency relating to school boards. One leader, though, would like to see bills that focus on letting parents know clearly and precisely whatâs happening in the classroom, starting with easy to find proficiency ratings. About 60 bills …
A human resources director for the largest school district in Sussex County shocked a House Education Committee hearing in April when she told them about 300 of its 1,000 educators are off on any given school day. About 800 of those educators are teachers, and their absenteeism rains down problems for the district, said Celeste Bunting, director of human resources …
Despite months of outcry from the charter school community, the Delaware State Board of Education voted Thursday night to create a pathway for charter school leaders to be certified under the same requirements as district leaders. Itâs a move that Kendall Massett, executive director of the Delaware Charter Schools Network, previously called offensive, degrading, ridiculous and infuriatingly insulting when Regulation …
Summer school once summoned images of unhappy students who had failed a class trudging off to classes to make them up while their friends played in pools. Not anymore. Schools now offer extensive summer programming for all ages meant to support the whole student academically, emotionally and socially while catching up or accelerating their learning to get ahead of the …
A Delaware Superior Court judge has ruled that the state secretary of education must verify or deny invoices for special needs services for students sent from charter schools to districts. The opinion said there was not enough information for him to order the state to pay the $4 million for which the Delaware Charter Schools Network and 11 charters sued …
