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A perfect storm for schools, teachers: No subs, bus woes, COVID

The principal at Southern Elementary School has had to find as many as 25 substitutes for teachers on one recent
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UD, DSU, DelTech to split $107 million of American Rescue money

With federal Rescue Plan money, state colleges will be able to build new facilities, maintain January 19, 2022
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1,500 Delaware borrowers to get loans forgiven, restitution in Navient settlement

Navient has agreed to a nearly $1.9 billion settlement of a suit that charged it January 13, 2022

Christina board votes to explore Wilmington Learning Collaborative

  The Christina School District voted unanimously Tuesday night to allow its superintendent to enter negotiations to form the Wilmington
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Company run by alums creates UD data scholarship

Predictive Analytics Group founders and University of Delaware Alumni have started a $50,000 endowed scholarship. Left to right: CEO Stephen
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Wilmington Learning Collaborative waits for school districts OK

Gov. John Carney takes questions about the Wilmington Learning Collaborative project during a December town hall.   A state program
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Tony Allen to honor mother’s life with scholarship for single moms

Dr. Tony Allen with his mother, R. Leatha Allen. Photo courtesy of Dr. Allen   R. Leatha Allen, mother of
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UD will start winter classes virtually; Wilm U closes campus

  The University of Delaware said students may return to campus Jan. 2, but winter classes will start virtually as
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DSU: Spring classes will start as virtual; return to campus delayed 2 weeks

Delaware State students will need booster vaccinations before they are allowed to return to campus in 2022.   Citing the
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Lawyer who championed Title IX sees backlash for position on trans women in sports

Tom Neuberger Wilmington attorney Tom Neuberger has been an advocate for women in sports since the 1970s when he helped
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As COVID cases rise, Del. Dept. of Education hosts mask-free party

Delaware Department of Education (DDOE)/Facebook On the same day that the first four cases of the highly contagious COVID-19 omicron
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UD: All spring students must be vaccinated, boosted

  All students, whether online or in class, must be vaccinated and have a booster before returning for spring semester,
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Amid great tumult, Red Clay passes transgender policy 4-3

Red Clay School District on Wednesday night narrowly approved a policy that reaffirms transgender and gender diverse students’ ability to
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UD not as hard hit financially during fall semester as officials predicted

The Old College at the University of Delaware. University of Delaware President Dennis Assanis’s dire warnings of huge financial deficits
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Appo no-tax referendum passes with 97% in favor

TOP: LOUIS L. REDDING SCHOOL IN 1952. BOTTOM: AN ARCHITECT’S RENDERING OF LOUIS L. REDDING MIDDLE SCHOOL IN 2026. Voters
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Carney hawks idea of new board to focus on Wilmington students

Gov. John Carney addresses a Pulaski Elementary crowd about his proposed Wilmington Learning Collaborative.   A meeting to get buy-in
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Red Clay to consider transgender policy during Wednesday meeting

Photo by Carol Thacker, Getty Images Signature. Red Clay Consolidated School District will consider policy changes relating to its transgender
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School bus drivers return with new contract vote next week

  Christina and Appoquininimink school district buses ran as normal Friday morning as drivers returned to work after a one-day
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Delaware bus payment system, driver shortage complicate strike situation

Bus driver pay is not governed by the state, but is set by individual companies. While the state of Delaware
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Appo superintendent: Hiccups in strike plan, but we have a lot of heroes

In order to kids to make all their classes during a bus strike, some are having to arrive before buildings
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DuPont pays $1.5 million to boost Delaware schools’ STEM education

A new program will give Delaware students more options for science and math lessons.   In a first-of-its-kind partnership, DuPont
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A school centered around service: Wilmington Friends feeds the hungry

Photo courtesy of Emmanuel Dining Room. Each month, staff, students and faculty at Wilmington Friends School work together to provide
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‘Miss JoAnne!’ Reading tutor, buddy forge strong relationship

JoAnne Stout got to meet her reading buddy Aiden Bell, center, for the first time months after they began working
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