National Historical Park

Three Delaware sites officially added to Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park

Peter OsborneGovernment, Education, Headlines

WILMINGTON ā€“ The Howard High School of Technology, the Claymont Community Center, and the Hockessin Colored School #107 have been officially added to the Brown v Board of Education National Historical Park to provide a more complete telling of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 decision outlawing segregation in public schools. The Martin Luther King Jr. Day announcement by outgoing …

After a string of chaotic and confusing events at high school football games, Appo and Howard are changing their policies.

Appo, Howard change football admissions policies

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Sports fans shouldnā€™t just assume that incidents like the ones that rocked recent Howard and Appoquinimink high school football games are inevitable, says the superintendent of New Castle Vo-Tech. ā€œAs a lifetime educator, most of the kids we interact with every day are doing wonderful, and even in these incidents, you discover it’s only a few kids,ā€ said Dr. Joseph …

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Big Brothers, Sisters snags $900,000 MacKenzie Scott donation

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

  A surprise $900,000 donation from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott will double the annual budget of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Delaware. The organization, which pairs at-risk children with adult mentors, is still discussing how to use the donation, which the organization did not apply for or know about until the staff got a call, said Anya Lindsey-Jenkins, executive director. …