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School behavior group wants more funding for specialists

The state task force dedicated to evaluating the ongoing problems with student behavior and school climate acknowledges that there is


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Redding plan could remove Christina, Colonial schools from Wilmington

Some students residing in the city of Wilmington who attend Christina and Colonial school district schools would be transferred mostly


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2 high school entrepreneurs go for $12k this weekend

A passion for financial freedom led high school senior Keon Jones to dedicate himself to entrepreneurship and a business creation.


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Jarek Rutz posted at 12:40 pm

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Appo school board candidates meet public; one no-show

Another night of get-to-know school board candidate forums, another missing participant. The trend of office-hopefuls not showing up to public


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Jarek Rutz posted at 10:19 am

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Appo’s referendum successful on second attempt

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Take two — Appoquinimink School District‘s second stab at a


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Jarek Rutz posted at 9:35 pm

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Christina candidate talks testing, guns, LGBTQ, books, more

A series of get-to-know school board candidate forums kicked off Monday night with Christina School District, which has two people


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Jarek Rutz posted at 11:06 am

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Life Skills Olympics help teach real world, practical crafts 

Feeding off the positive energy, flashing of cameras and fast-paced competition, Mia Rooks helped her team bring home a trophy


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Jarek Rutz posted at 10:55 am

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UD breaks ground on $150M SABRE bio-pharma center

The University of Delaware hopes that on the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic, a brand new $150 million building


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Jarek Rutz posted at 12:41 pm

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Military student support earns 3 schools Purple Star status

The same week the legislature moved forward with a bill giving military-connected students priority in school choice decisions, the state


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Jarek Rutz posted at 2:17 pm

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93 honored as 2024 Secretary of Education Scholars

The head of Delaware’s Department of Education has named his 93 scholars for 2024. Secretary of Education Mark Holodick selected


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Jarek Rutz posted at 10:33 am

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Military students could get priority in school choice

Military families in Delaware could receive a scholastic perk in the world of school choice with a new bill that


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Jarek Rutz posted at 3:50 pm

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First State Educate details problems, solutions to education

An organization aiming to reform education in Delaware hosted an informative webinar Wednesday that painted a picture of a poor


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Jarek Rutz posted at 11:00 am

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New Milford school gets its name: Milford Middle School

After a few months of consideration with plenty of public input, the Milford School District Board of Education finalized a…

Jarek Rutz posted at 11:09 am

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School board voter guides include nominees’ positions, more

With this year’s school board elections less than a month away, several organizations have once again published voter guides to…

Jarek Rutz posted at 2:31 pm

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Appo VP: ‘Ugly cuts,’ 45 kids in class if referendum fails 

  NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect correct taxes on assessed homes. The vice president of Appoquinimink School…

Jarek Rutz posted at 12:04 pm

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William Penn, Del Tech launch pathway to expand nursing pipeline

A newly-funded career pathway partnership between a state college and a high school aims to tackle the national nursing shortage…

Jarek Rutz posted at 3:54 pm

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St. Michael’s: $1M for construction, more affordable child care 

A $1 million federal allocation puts a Wilmington nursery and early childhood education center serving vulnerable families on the doorstep…

Jarek Rutz posted at 3:38 pm

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Del. DOE to provide support, coaching for college financial aid

College is more expensive than it’s ever been, but a state agency is trying to financially ease the burden for…

Jarek Rutz posted at 3:00 pm

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Get to know Delaware’s 2x poetry queen, Maiss Hussein

The back-to-back scholastic poetry champion won her most recent crown with a poem she says was way out of her…

Jarek Rutz posted at 1:30 pm

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Wilmington Friends: 27,500 free meals to celebrate 275th year

Wilmington Friends School, celebrating its 275th anniversary this year, will dig into its Quaker roots with a massive meal drive…

Jarek Rutz posted at 1:30 pm

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19 to compete for 8 seats in May 14 school board elections

In a light year for school board races, 19 candidates are vying for eight open seats across eight of the…

Jarek Rutz posted at 12:26 pm

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Li, Gupta to represent Delaware in national science camp

Two First State high schoolers are on their way to the Mountaineer State to represent Delaware at the 61st National…

Jarek Rutz posted at 11:30 am

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4 Delaware teachers finalists for national math, science award

In a time where science and math teachers are hard to come by, four of them from the First State…

Jarek Rutz posted at 10:12 am

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Many happy with mandatory school board finance training bill

School board members, who are in large part responsible for the spending decisions of millions of dollars from school districts,…

Jarek Rutz posted at 2:43 pm

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