UGrad has had a 100% graduation rate the past 4 years.

100% graduation rate for UGrad foster children

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Eighteen of Delaware’s foster youth were honored in a ceremony Monday night for persisting in the face of multiple problems to graduate from high school and college, often exhibiting excellent work in school. UGrad Education Program, which started in 2018, has served 400 foster children throughout the state. The program is provided by Kind to Kids Foundation, which was founded in …

Dana Carey and a few of her students.

Meet counselor Dana Carey, Del. behavioral pro of the year

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

Lake Forest School District’s Dana Carey, Delaware’s behavioral health professional of the year, almost turned down the job for which she won the state award.  “Once I started teaching, I loved it so much, I actually passed up on a couple opportunities to take a school counseling job,” Carey said. “Even though that was my passion and what I really …

JoAnn Balingit has been named a 2023-2024 Fulbright U.S. Scholar. 

Former Del. Poet laureate JoAnn Balingit wins Fulbright

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Delaware’s 16th poet laureate is headed to the Philippines to teach creative writing and conduct research. JoAnn Balingit, who was the First State’s top and official poet from 2008 to 2015, has been named a 2023-2024 Fulbright U.S. Scholar.  The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s international educational exchange program, supported by American agencies and partner countries around the world. …

Dana Carey, a counselor at Lake Forest School District, is Delaware's 2023 Behavioral Health Professional of the Year

Lake Forest’s Dana Carey named behavioral health pro 2023

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Dana Carey – counselor at Lake Forest North Elementary School – is this year’s behavioral health pro of the year. “I would like to first thank my Lake Forest family,” she said. “Thank you so much for being here to support me and love me.  School behavioral specialists are typically psychologists, counselors, social workers or nurses.  They assist teachers by …

A bill that would provide funding for a school resource officer at each Delaware public school was debated Wednesday.

School officers, construction needs focus of House Committee

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Bills dealing with school construction, junior ROTC, Department of Education background checks and school resource officers were sent to the House ready list Wednesday by the Education Committee. House Bill 169, sponsored by Rep. Kim Williams, D-Marshallton and committee chair, requires the secretary of education – currently Mark Holodick – to publish and deliver a report to the General Assembly …

The Redding Consortium unveiled its proposed spending plan for next fiscal year.

Redding Consortium approves $16 million spending plan

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Members of the Redding Consortium Monday night voted to approve a spending plan for the next fiscal year, which includes more than $16 million in operating funds and carryover funds left over from this previous budgets. The largest allocation $7,914,637 for outside school time services and in-school health services. These can be considered wraparound services, which help fill the gaps …

The Wilmington Learning Collaborative has established its bylaws.

Leaning Collab bylaws outline procedures, stagger board terms

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

The Wilmington Learning Collaborative has finalized its bylaws, a foundational document in the group’s operations on which the governing council has worked with an attorney for months.  Bylaws are established to set rules, regulations and policies for an organization to help it regulate itself. In part, the bylaws act as a higher authority that all members of the collaborative – …

Eight Delaware Tech Softball Players Earn All-Region Honors

Betsy PriceEducation, RSS

After winning an unprecedented third straight National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 19 Division II Softball Championship and NJCAA Northeast District Softball Championship, eight Delaware Technical Community College softball players received NJCAA Region 19 All-Region honors. Sophomore pitcher Carly Collins led the way by being named NJCAA Region 19 Pitcher of the… Betsy PriceBetsy Price is a Wilmington freelance …

Six Delaware Tech Baseball Players Earn All-Region Honors

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Delaware Technical Community College’s baseball team had a tremendous 2023 season, finishing runner-up in the 2023 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 19 Division II Baseball Championship Tournament and qualifying for the 2023 NJCAA Division II Northeast District Baseball Championship Tournament. Six of the team’s top performers from the 2023 season recently… Betsy PriceBetsy Price is a Wilmington freelance …

Six Delaware Tech Baseball Players Earn All-Region Honors

Betsy PriceEducation, RSS

Delaware Technical Community College’s baseball team had a tremendous 2023 season, finishing runner-up in the 2023 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 19 Division II Baseball Championship Tournament and qualifying for the 2023 NJCAA Division II Northeast District Baseball Championship Tournament. Six of the team’s top performers from the 2023 season recently… Betsy PriceBetsy Price is a Wilmington freelance …