Private tutoring is in high demand and has shown to have both academic and behavioral benefits for students. (Photo by Freedomz/Adobe Stock)

Private tutoring: high demand; can raise scores, confidence

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

With the funds that Delaware schools received for tutoring during the pandemic running out, many parents are sending their children to private tutoring services to catch up, tune their existing skills or even get a head start on the next school year.  “The challenge right now is for all of the last three years, all of the schools had ESSER …

The WLC has launched its new website and logo, designed by First Ascent Design. (Photo via Unsplash)

WLC launches anticipated website, new trademarked logo 

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

The Wilmington Learning Collaborative has a new look.  “Much like when you meet a stranger for the first time, you don’t have associations with their face, and as you start experiencing that person, you gain those associations over time, so the WLC has just launched its new face,” said John Himics, president of First Ascent Design.  The collaborative’s governing board …

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Wilmington continues to see weak demand for office space

Peter OsborneBusiness, Headlines

Weaker demand for Wilmington office space coupled with rising interest rates and continuing corporate cost-cutting efforts is painting a dismal picture for the immediate future, according to a new 3Q 2023 Office Market Overview by Newmark. “Chief financial officers are looking at their remote and hybrid workers and thinking they can cut costs by downsizing,” said Newmark Senior Managing Director …

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Proposed bill demands Medicaid, insurance cover abortions

Sam HautHeadlines, Government

A bill filed Friday in the Delaware House would require Medicaid and other health insurers to cover abortion services without requiring deductibles, coinsurance, copayment or any other cost-sharing requirements. House Bill 110, sponsored by House Majority Whip Melissa Minor-Brown, would also have an exemption for religious employers who ask for an exclusion based on their “bona fide religious beliefs and …

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DEMA gets $85.6 million from FEMA for COVID testing, reporting

Charles MegginsonGovernment, Headlines, Health

The Delaware Emergency Management Agency announced Thursday that $85.6 million in federal funds have been made available for reimbursement of COVID-19 testing and reporting costs. The funds, issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will reimburse the state agency for emergency protective measure costs incurred between Oct. 12, 2020 and Sept. 12, 2021. According to DEMA, approximately $3.08 million of …

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DeMatteis to leave role overseeing federal stimulus to head state HR

Betsy PriceGovernment, Headlines

  The woman in charge of overseeing how the state spends its federal stimulus money has been nominated to be secretary of the Department of Human Resources, and two people will be taking her place. Gov. John Carney said in nominating Claire DeMatteis, now a special assistant to the governor, to head HR that he was asking A.J. Schall, director …

*Update – Victims Identified* State Police Investigating Two-Vehicle Fatal Crash in Seaford

Staff WriterDelaware State Trooper, Police & Fire, RSS

The Delaware State Police have identified 22-year-old Eric Staley from Fayetteville, North Carolina, and 18-year-old Makayla Belton from Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, as the individuals who died in a fatal crash […]
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*Update – Victims Identified* State Police Investigating Two-Vehicle Fatal Crash in Seaford

Staff WriterDelaware State Police, Police & Fire, RSS

The Delaware State Police have identified 22-year-old Eric Staley from Fayetteville, North Carolina, and 18-year-old Makayla Belton from Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, as the individuals who died in a fatal crash […]
The post *Update – Victims Identified* State Police Investigating Two-Vehicle Fatal Crash in Seaford appeared first on Delaware State Police – State of Delaware.