Hoping to help ease nursing and public health worker shortages, the Longwood Foundation has given Delaware State University a $1.75 million grant to help double the size of its nursing program. Delaware’s only Historically Black College and University plans to significantly increasing the number of nursing graduates through 2026 and then further increase that through 2030. Half of those graduates …
A paraprofessional/library specialist who opens the school library during lunches so students can have a space where they feel safe and cared for has been named Delaware’s 2024 Delaware Educational Support Professional of the Year. âThe library has an open-door policy so students can take a break, check in or have someone listen to them,” said Sinead Ronan of Caesar …
University of Delaware President Dennis Assanis offered a grab-bag of ideas to the UD board of trustees at their semiannual meeting on Tuesday. They include increasing stipends for graduate students (reaching $24,500 to $36,000, depending on how much they teach and other factors), expanding the honors college (ânow exceeding 17,000 applications for 600 spotsâ), âstrengthening our entrepreneurship ecosystemâ (hopefully increasing …
With Incyte Corp. backing out of a deal to buy Wilmington Friends’ lower school to build a new 5-story building, the 275-year-old education institution this week told the Alapocas neighborhood that it will not build a new lower school. Instead, officials said in a letter to the affluent neighborhood, the school will renovate the current lower school building. Incyte’s …
After a quarter century, the Music School of Delaware has a new leader. Stephen Beaudoin, whoâs had decades of work in music, education, business and social impact, has been picked as the schoolâs new president and chief executive officer. âThis opportunity feels very alive to me, and very aligned with my values and the kind of impact I hope to …
The new head of the Wilmington Learning Collaborative pushed back Tuesday night on suggestions that the new agency expand to include more city elementary schools. âThis is a long journey, this is going to take many years to get our schools where they need to be,â said Laura Burgos, the groupâs executive director. Thatâs not going to happen by adding …
Great Oaks Charter School has been given one last chance by a state agency focused on ensuring the accountability of Delawareâs charter schools. The Wilmington charter, which serves a student body thatâs 97.24% minority students, received a promising decision in Tuesdayâs Charter School Accountability Committee final renewal meeting. The committee voted to recommend the renewal of Great Oaks â with …
Indian River School District, in the heart of Delawareâs 37th House District, will be closed for a special election in a few weeks. The district announced the closures Tuesday, citing that Delaware law requires public schools to be closed if they are being utilized as polling places for state elections. Last week, Rep. Ruth Briggs King, a Republican representing the …
The First State is one of 12 involved in a national $30 million order against a student lender for malpractice. Attorney General Kathy Jenningsâ office worked with the federal Consumer Protection Financial Bureau and 11 other states to crack down on the bankrupt student lender Prehired. A Delaware bankruptcy court approved a stipulated judgment that requires Prehired to pay more …
The state Department of Education has made some school districts very happy by deeming their requests for state funding necessary to fulfill building projects. For fiscal year 2025, the Department of Education approved 50 certificate of necessity requests, 44 of which involved state funding. They were concentrated in six districts. Districts submit certificates of necessity each year to the department, …
