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A $675,000 grant from the Administration for Community Living will go toward educating older homebound Delawareans who struggle to find
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Colonial School District is adding three electric buses and one propane-powered bus to its fleet, courtesy of an $809,000 federal
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Appoquinimink School District’s board of education approved a request for two class size waivers Tuesday night, by far the fewest
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The Wilmington Learning Collaborative already is forming the council that will govern it. Once the council is established, it will
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A new initiative at Warner Elementary School in Wilmington is bringing law enforcement into schools to teach fifth-graders about how
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Seaford School District has hired two constables to patrol its schools and help keep students safe, it announced Monday. The
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Delaware’s Department of Education has denied Red Clay Consolidated School District’s request for $265 million to address maintenance costs and
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Delaware will announce a new statewide math plan in December to counter COVID learning loss and boost the state’s horrific
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After five years of planning and months of school board debates, stakeholders will gather Tuesday to sign the agreement creating
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After months of teasing a record enrollment, Delaware State University announced Friday exactly what it was. DSU has 6,200 students
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Great Oaks Charter parents, students and teachers laughed, cried and pleaded with an Education Department representative Thursday for the survival
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Wilmington University’s School of Law expects to open in August 2023 with 100 students, 50 during the day and 50
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University of Delaware professor Roberta Michnick Golinkoff believes that to rectify the decline of public education in America, students need
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Wilmington will be getting the presidential treatment this Sunday – and we’re not talking about a Joe Jam. “The President’s
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The Delaware Library Consortium announced Tuesday that it will spend $1 million to add school libraries into the statewide catalog.
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Last June, second-grader Jackson Houtman seemed on the brink of being booted from the school he had choiced into. Diagnosed
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Delaware test scores have fallen to the bottom of the heap since 2019, with some worse than any other state,
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Archmere Academy’s Lydia Scarpaci wasn’t sure what she wanted to pursue next year in college – until she enrolled in
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Red Clay Consolidated School District voted unanimously Wednesday night to create and join the Wilmington Learning Collaborative. That makes them
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Jose Matthews, a member of the Red Clay School Board, is calling for fellow board member Martin Wilson to be
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Four New Castle County elementary schools are getting wellness centers that will offer medical, mental health and nutrition services to
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Delaware’s teacher union proposed a new salary schedule Monday that includes a base pay of $60,000. Of that base pay,
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The Brandywine School District followed the leader and voted unanimously Monday night to join the Wilmington Learning Collaborative. The vote
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The state will spend just under $1 million to help first responders navigate schools more quickly when emergencies occur. As
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Wilmington University is starting a law school. It will be the First State’s second, joining Widener University’s Delaware Law School,
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A Wilmington couple was surprised by thunderous cheers when dozens of Ursuline Academy Lower School students gathered to thank the
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Changes in the final version of the agreement to create the Wilmington Learning Collaborative include giving schools hiring power, tasking
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Ashley Lockwood, a fifth-grade teacher at Lulu Ross Elementary in Milford School District, has been named the 2023 Delaware Teacher
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Cell phone use, attendance requirements and items allowed on school buses will be on the agenda this year for Red
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Boost ’22, an initiative to raise graduation rates among seniors in the city of Wilmington, resulted in 88% of those
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After five years of planning and months of discussions around the agreement, Christina School District’s school board voted unanimously Monday
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Timothy L. Fields and Shereem Herndon-Brown want to help Black families bridge the information gap in  how to help their
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The bad news: Colonial School District expects to pay at least $350,000 to repair a water main suspected of bringing
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The University of Delaware expects to be receiving half a billion dollars in federal expenditures for research by 2029. UD
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UPchieve, an application that provides around-the-clock ​​free, online tutoring and college counseling for low-income high school students could be making
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The new $84 million Bancroft School, which will span across several blocks in Wilmington, may be open for students by
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Opt Out Today, a national campaign to encourage teachers and other government workers to leave their unions, is ramping up
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A new digital and uniform process to register children for kindergarten in the First State was unveiled to an audience
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Concerns about enrollment numbers at Great Oaks Charter School in Wilmington have triggered  a formal review by the Delaware Department
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India Scott, a Caesar Rodney School District mother suing a father and son over injuries her son received in gym
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St. Mark’s is launching a campaign to raise $8 million to invest in athletics, innovation, technology, the arts and the
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It was a two-fer day of celebration Thursday at Delaware State University, as officials broke ground for a new $10
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Mountaire Farms has launched a new college scholarship program that will give 10 Delaware high school seniors focusing on careers
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Mount Pleasant High School will “let it snow” next spring, as it’s the only school in Delaware to be awarded
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Sports fans shouldn’t just assume that incidents like the ones that rocked recent Howard and Appoquinimink high school football games
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Christina School District’s school board explored a new model to evaluate its superintendent and other administrators during a board workshop
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Delaware is spending more of its education COVID relief funds on postsecondary and career readiness than other states.  “Overall, Delaware’s
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Private schools across Delaware are in the thick of recruiting season, and most of them are holding open houses in
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Jaden Rivera dropped his phone on his lap and started crying when he got the phone call that he was
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Wilmington Learning Collaborative officials are asking its member districts for a definitive vote by the end of October.  “We have
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A look at the test scores of Brandywine School District’s elementary schools shows why the state is focusing only on
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Brandywine School District’s Board of Education has once again bypassed a vote on whether the district should join the Wilmington
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Columbia University hopeful Nathan Cho is not going to miss his shot. He’s been eyeing a spot on the Delaware
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Caesar Rodney School District is the only district in the country to be awarded a grant from the National Fish
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Saturday’s Sounds of Champions marching band competition at Odessa High Stadium shines a light not only on the bands, but
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Goldey-Beacom College’s president says the school’s use of its endowment to commit to affordable tuition landed it in the top
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Red Clay Consolidated School District is waiting to hear whether the state will fund a request for $265 million to
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Nine Delaware school districts have been awarded millions from the Department of Education to buy instruction materials for 99 schools
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  Delaware State University rose one place to No. 2 in the U.S. News & World Report college rankings of
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Plans were unveiled Monday for a $22 million STEM hub at EastSide Charter, partly paid for by a $1 million
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A block party Saturday at the Community Education Building in downtown Wilmington will feature free food, entertainment and even free
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In spring 2021, Ameilia Carrubba’s struggles with reading because of her dyslexia meant she shied away from books and reading.
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As the academic year gears up, Delaware schools still have more than 500 teacher vacancies to fill.  “We think about
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Community members decked out in suits fought a torrential downpour to welcome students back to EastSide Charter School Tuesday morning. 
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The Crusaders of Everett Meredith Middle School finally have a home to call their own. For the past two years,
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      Cheering Ursuline Academy seniors waving signs welcomed students of the lower school back to the classroom Wednesday,
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    A joint meeting Tuesday of the Brandywine, Christina and Red Clay school districts about the Wilmington Learning Collaborative
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For the first time since fall 2020, Delaware teachers will not be granted paid COVID-19 leave.  That means they have
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Odyssey Charter will be the first school in Delaware to offer an Advanced Placement African American Studies class.  The class
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Teachers, firemen, custodians, bus drivers and parents decked out in neon-colored vests filled the first floor hallway at Dover High
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Jennifer Reeve’s son starts kindergarten on Monday, and she said it’s important for her to feel comfortable with the environment
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  The University of Delaware is asking students, staff and faculty to wear masks for the first two weeks of
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  Newark Charter School unveiled its $20 million junior high school Tuesday. It’s the latest addition to a campus that
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Bruce Ashby, transportation supervisor at Capital School District, said his office didn’t ask for state help in getting three new
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The  joint meeting of the Red Clay, Brandywine and Christina school districts to discuss concerns about the Wilmington Learning Collaborative
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Caesar Rodney School District students will be the first to return to school this fall, heading back on Tuesday, Aug.
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India Scott, the Caesar Rodney School District mother who is suing another parent and son for dodgeball game injuries, was
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The mother of a Caesar Rodney School District seventh-grader has sued another parent claiming his son repeatedly hit her son
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Several members of the public called Wednesday night for the Red Clay Consolidated School District to help create a Mandarin
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The Delaware Department of Education announced last week it has hired a Virginia consultant to study the state’s public education
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Shaquona Meyers, the new Nativity Preparatory School principal, offers a swift, brief answer when asked why she took the job
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Kristen Wilson wanted to figure out how to combat the increasing mental health struggles seen in students as the COVID-19
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Brandywine, Red Clay and Christina school districts will meet Aug. 30 with the Department of Education and the governor’s office
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Singing nursery rhymes, teaching letter sounds, and discussing what has been read are all ways you might see the science
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Five Delaware junior and senior high school students have been selected as Bank of America Student Leaders. The Student Leader
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Ursuline Academy is creating an army of Rachael Rays and Bear Gryllses this summer through their dramatically revamped camps.  When
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Christina School District board on Tuesday night once more voted to delay a decision on whether or not to join
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A Wilmington Learning Collaborative official said Tuesday that the boards of the three participating districts may not approve the operating
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Delaware’s 2022 test scores were released Tuesday, and they aren’t pretty.  Just 30% of Delaware students in grades three to
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Angelie Ross-Jimenez is 19 years old with an associate’s degree and a full-time job, and she has Wilmington University to
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Children of migrant workers who move to Delaware – whether from a different state or a different country – can
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Six First State students each won a $100 cash prize in a state digital mapping competition with projects on Delaware’s
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There are wide disparities among Delaware’s public school districts and charters in the percentage of seniors crossing the stage to
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Spark Summer Camp and After School Program is quickly asserting themselves as a premier summer camp in Delaware. The camp,
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Appoquinimink School District is calling on all parents and children to attend its Aug. 6 Family Day festival. The event
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First State Educate, a local education advocacy group, held a webinar Tuesday to outline where COVID-19 relief money went. Relief
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Christina School District has partnered with Giant Food Stores to help combat food insecurity this summer.  “Round up for Christina”
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After spending more than three decades in a district of nearly 40,000 students, Dr. Susan Brown is moving on to
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First State Educate will host a school funding webinar Tuesday to discuss where the hundreds of millions of dollars in
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Families and friends packed the historic Howard High School auditorium in Wilmington Friday to watch this year’s Leading Youth Through
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Fifty at-risk students, 25 from Capital and 25 from Caesar Rodney school districts, are continuing their schooling into the summer
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Here’s one way to keep the attention of a class of teenage campers: designate one of them as a “killer”
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The Brandywine School District Board is divided on whether or not to join the Wilmington Learning Collaborative.  At its meeting
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Along Route 12 is a small white cottage with a flag attached to a post on the porch, reading “bloom
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Red Clay Consolidated School District may become the first district to vote on the agreement that would formally set up
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  The Riders of Caesar Rodney School District have saddled up to corral a higher number of summer reading minutes.
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  Appoquinimink School District’s board voted unanimously this week to  invest $215,000 in up to 25 new buses by the
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Appoquinimink School District librarians are hopping in their bookmobile and giving away hundreds of free publications July 20.  While the
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Appoquinimink’s Transportation Committee voted Thursday to buy up to 25 new school buses for fall, as the district’s contractors struggle
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Rodel, a local nonprofit espousing better education in Delaware, calls the 151st General Assembly, which just ended, the “Education General
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Caesar Rodney’s school board voted Tuesday night to buy software that will cost $10,500 annually, but serve as a one-stop-shop
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Several First State students finished in the top 10 of events at the 45th annual HOSA Future Health Professionals International
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Eight different Delaware students finished in the top 10 of 10 different competitions at this year’s national STEM conference in
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A bill that would transform certain loans to scholarships to encourage students to pursue careers in education and other needed
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Delaware State University will use $1 million in federal funds to build an urban revitalization center. The money will come
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Kelvin Addy needed a push to make it into William Penn’s 2014 graduating class. Now he’s working for one of
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  Delaware Technical Community College announced Tuesday that it plans to build a Veterans Resource Center at its Wilmington campus
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After decades of dealing with a teensy library stuffed inside a multi-use building, Middletown on Friday celebrated the opening of
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A bill that would bar charter schools from giving preference in student admissions to those living within a 5-mile radius
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A bill that would help address the state’s lingering concern over a teacher shortage was unanimously released by the Senate
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Wilmington Learning Collaborative organizers say they hope to have an executive director in place by early fall. That was one
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The Wilmington Learning Collaborative will hold its second community meeting since it released its draft agreement on on Tuesday, June
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A Hindu activist last week praised Brandywine School District as the first in Delaware to close so students could celebrate
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  Two Delaware music teachers have a shot at doing something that Queen, Jimi Hendrix and Tupac Shakur never did
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A flyer for an Appoquinimink School District professional development workshop left some people thinking that the district was ditching a
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  After spending four decades working in a room full of frogs and children, Dr. Rosa Trotter is hopping into
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A draft of the agreement formalizing the Wilmington Learning Collaborative says parents, students and teachers will be included in the
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    A bill that would prohibit higher education institutions from asking about an applicant’s criminal history is headed to
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Poorer Delaware school districts could soon see a drop in their financial burdens for minor school capital projects. Senate Bill
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Country music sensation and Delaware native Jimmie Allen will join Read Aloud Delaware Wednesday for a Q+A session about his
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Conrad Schools of Science and Sanford Middle School have won the Delaware Department of Transportation’s third annual Delaware Bridge Design
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  First State parents can help students can keep their minds active this summer by using a new website that
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As the Great American experiment continues to explore what works in education for communities, parents and their children across the
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Red Clay Consolidated School District seems on track to adopt a new dress code this summer after months of student-led
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  Jahsha Tabron’s passion for English and literature exploded after reading Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” and “Macbeth” in her 11th grade honors
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Delaware child care workers can now enroll in a registry that will allow them to receive their $1,000 direct relief
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  The uniforms worn by the senior Pandas of Padua Academy were a little more colorful than usual this week. 
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While the Delaware Tech baseball team had hoped to advance further in the 2022 NJCAA Region 19 Baseball Tournament, the
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The University of Delaware has announced it is going to require students and staff to wear masks in all indoor
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For the first time in school history, Padua Academy will honor not two, not three, but four valedictorians to top
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  Highlands Elementary School in Wilmington will officially be known as Joseph E. Johnson Jr. Elementary school after a Monday
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  The University of Delaware Trustees said Thursday they will raise tuition rates 3% across the board for the 2022-23. 
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  While a bill to make schools check air quality annually and quickly fix any problems drew support Wednesday, several
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  A bill that would stop school boards from unilaterally increasing school property taxes as much as 10% after a
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The Delaware Technical Community College softball team is making a return trip to the NJCAA Division II Softball National Tournament
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  A bill aimed at combating the sharp decline in Delaware’s literacy rates since 2002 swept through the General Assembly.
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  Red Clay’s school board will not be conducting a compliance or governance review on The Charter School of Wilmington.
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  Five Delaware students, all from charter schools, have been named a 2022 Presidential Scholar. That national award honors them
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Questions? We’re here to help. (302) 857-1000 Contact Us Delaware Technical Community College is an equal opportunity employer and does
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    In a tradition that dates nearly 40 years, the secretary of education at the Delaware Department of Education
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Melissa Tracy’s passion for service and dedication to ensuring success for younger generations is part of the reason she was
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A fiery discussion in the state House of Representatives Education Committee about a bill that would prevent schools from being
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Five school districts had huge increases in voter turnout in Tuesday’s school board elections, with some doubling or tripling their
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Howard T. Ennis school will be home to the Bryan Allen Stevenson School for Excellence in fall 2023.   After
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The preliminary results for the 2022 Delaware school board elections are in, and here are the winners: Capital – Felecia
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Caesar Rodney’s Culinary Team (L-R): Morgan Fitzhugh, Grace Gonzalez, Caitlin Hernandez, Sierra Maull, Carys Raber. Photo courtesy of Delaware Restaurant
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Red Clay candidates have placed their campaign signs around North Star Elementary School in Hockessin. (Jarek Rutz/Delaware LIVE News) It’s
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Photo/Pixabay In response to recent cases of sexual misconduct by faculty and staff in Delaware schools, state lawmakers filed three
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Delaware State University president Tony Allen has promised an investigation into an April 20 incident during which a bus carrying
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  After weeks of candidates campaigning, Delaware’s 38 school board candidates face the voters Tuesday, May 10. Polls open on
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  Riding fears that COVID-19 drove teachers from classrooms and worries over Maryland saying it will pay starting teachers $60,000
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    A bill requiring the state to conduct an annual workforce study of early childhood professionals and help the
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Christine Smith and Keenan Dorsey   Colonial School District wrapped up the six school board forums held this week and
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  The school board forums being held by a coalition of 10 education-related organizations continued Monday night with Appoquinimink and
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Many school board candidates approached about participating in forums never responded, organizers say.   While the six school board forums
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Mt. Pleasant’s Vex Robotics team is, from left, Madison Viola, Martiana Olsen, Cadentz Orbanus (kneeling, Fereydoun Stout and Alexander Amores,
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Left to right: Ashley Sabo (Red Clay), Jim Casper (Red Clay), Vic Leonard (Red Clay), Felicia Duggins (Capital), Joan Engel
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Upcoming school board forums will allow community members to meet, question school board candidates. Photo by Element5 Digital.   Meet
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Republicans are going all in this year to support their candidates for school board elections that take place in three
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Drones, video games and basketball all in one place. That wasn’t just a middle school boy’s dream, but a day
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The Red Clay School District Board’s motion to review the Charter School of Wilmington did not pass last week, but
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Photo courtesy of UDance. The country’s fifth-largest college dance marathon and University of Delaware’s largest student-run philanthropy event will “return
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The Red Clay move follows months of complaints from parents about Wilmington Charter. Photo by Pixabay.   UPDATE: The motion
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A bill that will require the state to provide mental health education in every grade level passed through the Senate
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A bill headed to the House after passing in the Senate would require state colleges to livestream trustee meetings and
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  New state funding will allow Redding Consortium to help schools create more early childhood seats, services   Last year,
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  While students at Blades Elementary get the traditional reminders to continue reading during the upcoming spring break, their reminders
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A day after being released by the Senate Education Committee, a bill that refocus the way reading is taught sailed
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  A bill that would require schools to publish information about what’s being taught and what materials are being used
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A bill requiring the state’s public schools to use techniques and materials employing the science of reading is headed to
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Padua freshmen and sophomores create toys that are then presented to judges and industry experts, including Melissa & Doug reps.
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  Photo/Getty Images   Three Delaware colleges and universities have asked the state for $120 million to fund construction of
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  Christina School District is using federal COVID-19 money to hire tutors for two years to help its students catch
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Springer Middle School students demonstrate how their new math curriculum works. Four Springer Middle School teachers told visitors Wednesday that
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Chase Martinez shovels sand during a Delaware Science Olympiad bridges event as Joseph Mlodak uses two rods to stop the
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Nearly half of Oberle Elmentary’s students are Latino and in the fall the school will start a dual language immersion
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Delaware schools are one step closer to being able to hire permanent substitute teachers.  House Bill 315, which would provide
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      Teachers in the Brandywine School District are one step closer to being about to throw away notebooks,
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After a contentious hearing, a bill that would put a moratorium on both the creation and expansion of charter schools
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A bill that would require a statewide mental health curriculum has passed the House. Photo by Unsplash     A
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25 New Castle County Vo-Tech students will be hire to work on Wilmington revitalization projects.     New Castle County
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Billy Scialla. a Fifer Middle School eighth grader, won the state spelling bee on the word “surrogate.” Photo courtesy St.
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State education officials, legislators are moving to be sure the science of reading is used when teaching public students.  
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Freire’s withdrawal comes as Christina School District’s board is asking the state to put a moratorium on new and expanding
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  Two bills moving to the House floor would put millions into mental health positions in Delaware’s middle school and
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Three seats only have one person running, but one seat in Red Clay School District has four people running. When
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Three Delaware schools are getting a visit from a national tour highlighting changes in teaching math.   Caesar Rodney, Brandywine,
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Wilmington leaders gather at EastSide Charter at the start of each school year to welcome the students back to school.
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Ursuline seniors Ava, left, and Bella Lindia read their recently published book to Ursuline elementary students.   Ursuline Academy students
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The Christina School District board heard from members and parents opposed to a charter school moratorium. Two parents opposed to
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Only 7 public schools in Delaware have not yet lifted their face mask requirement. Photo by Rondae Productions/Pexels   Only
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As Delaware LIVE News closes in on its second anniversary as a locally-owned news business focused on hyperlocal news and
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  Six Newark High students were arrested after a fight there Monday, and police are seeking more information about it.
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  Dr. Matthew Bobrowsky and DSU observatory’s 14-inch Meade reflecting telescope.     Delaware State University issued an unusual invitation
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  The Phillie Phanatic visited Ursuline’s elementary classes to celebrate reading.   Ursuline Academy found a way to lure their
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Wilmington Friends elementary students have created a display for Black History Month.     Wilmington Friends School fifth grader Gabby
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    A Republican State Representative plans to file a bill in the General Assembly to give parents a better
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  Gov. John Carney announced Monday that he would lift his indoor mask mandate Friday — except for schools, where
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When state schools start using a Black history curriculum in the 2022-23 academic year, it won’t entail having classes focus
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A video wall in Tower Hill’s Hub can be used by teachers, students. You won’t find librarians shushing students to
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Gov. John Carney went door-to-door in Wilmington to sell his plans for the Learning Collaborative.   After making Gov. John
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Appo will change the start times for all its schools for the 2022-23 school year.   The Appoquinimink School Board
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Appoquinimink system, parents are wrestling with proposed changes to allow elementary, middle and high schools to start at different times.
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  Gov. John Carney, left, and Dr. Mark Holodick, secretary of the Delaware Department of Education talk to the Brandywine
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Money in the state budget that is line itemed for a defunct literacy council is being used to pay for
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  This screen grab from a Harlan Elementary Bedtime Stories livestream shows only a portion of those online.   A
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Christina School District’s Board of Education has called for a statewide temporary moratorium on new charter schools and the expansion
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DSU was one of more than a dozen HBCUs to receive a bomb threat Monday Delaware State University President Tony
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  A Delaware education nonprofit that wants to foster radical change in state schools by activating the involvement of Delawareans
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  Delaware colleges and universities are heading into the third spring with COVID-19. Photo by Photo by Tirachard Kumtanom/Pexels.  
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The principal at Southern Elementary School has had to find as many as 25 substitutes for teachers on one recent
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A Republican-backed measure that would require Delaware schools to teach that communism and totalitarianism conflict with freedom and democracy was
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With federal Rescue Plan money, state colleges will be able to build new facilities, maintain older ones and enhance programs
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Navient has agreed to a nearly $1.9 billion settlement of a suit that charged it used unfair, predatory practices.  
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  The Christina School District voted unanimously Tuesday night to allow its superintendent to enter negotiations to form the Wilmington
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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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Gov. John Carney takes questions about the Wilmington Learning Collaborative project during a December town hall.   A state program
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Dr. Tony Allen with his mother, R. Leatha Allen. Photo courtesy of Dr. Allen   R. Leatha Allen, mother of
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  The University of Delaware said students may return to campus Jan. 2, but winter classes will start virtually as
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Delaware State students will need booster vaccinations before they are allowed to return to campus in 2022.   Citing the
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Tom Neuberger Wilmington attorney Tom Neuberger has been an advocate for women in sports since the 1970s when he helped
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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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  All students, whether online or in class, must be vaccinated and have a booster before returning for spring semester,
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Red Clay School District on Wednesday night narrowly approved a policy that reaffirms transgender and gender diverse students’ ability to
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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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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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Gov. John Carney addresses a Pulaski Elementary crowd about his proposed Wilmington Learning Collaborative.   A meeting to get buy-in
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Photo by Carol Thacker, Getty Images Signature. Red Clay Consolidated School District will consider policy changes relating to its transgender
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  Christina and Appoquininimink school district buses ran as normal Friday morning as drivers returned to work after a one-day
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Bus driver pay is not governed by the state, but is set by individual companies. While the state of Delaware
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In order to kids to make all their classes during a bus strike, some are having to arrive before buildings
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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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Photo courtesy of Emmanuel Dining Room. Each month, staff, students and faculty at Wilmington Friends School work together to provide
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JoAnne Stout got to meet her reading buddy Aiden Bell, center, for the first time months after they began working
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David Thomas steps out of East Elementary to be surprised with the Educational Support Professional of the Year award. What
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Three school districts await the answer on negotiations between First Student, Teamsters. Photo by Thomas Park/Unsplash.   A potential school
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State mask regulations will remain in place at Delaware schools through Feb. 8.   Faculty, staff, students and visitors in
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  A group of paraprofessionals and other educational support staff have been nominated to be named the 2022 Delaware State
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Flanked by Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, Gov. John Carney and Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long, DSU President Tony Allen holds two
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Michaela McGowan, Cpl. Stephen McGowan’s sister, with her son Stephen and St. Marks President Tom Fertal   St. Mark’s High
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Shelby Farris holds the certificate signaling her appointment to the State Board of Education. A high school junior from Bridgeville
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Holding the signed House Bill 123 behind Gov. John Carney are, left, Daykia Hunter-McKnight and Mayda Barrios. Children who spend
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Delaware State University will help the state’s environmental agency improve public outreach and community engagement with a two-year research project
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The Delaware School Boards Association says it was not consulted before national group called for federal help over school mask
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  Dr. Mark Holodick has been nominated to replace Dr. Susan Bunting as secretary of education. Photo by DigitalElements/Pixel  
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Winterthur’s longtime head of gardening has been named the estate’s new director   Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library broke a
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Brandywine High School special education teacher Jahsha Tabron     Brandywine High School special education teacher Jahsha Tabron was named
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Dr. Susan Bunting   Delaware Secretary of Education Susan Bunting will leave her post in December, capping a career of
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  Members of the Key of David Christian Center in Philadelphia led a three-hour protest Wednesday at UD   A
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Indian River High School     Indian River School District violated Delaware’s open records law during an August meeting when
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    All public and private teachers must comply with a rule to be vaccinated or tested weekly starting Nov.
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Padua Academy students lead visitors through Open House tour.   When Gabby Guerke was ready to leave Odyssey Charter School
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  A $10,000 donation from Morris James will enable students to study more rather than working to raise money for
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Independence School’s new outdoor classroom includes an amphitheater. Photo by Independence School.   Independence School’s breathtaking new outdoor learning area
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Delaware State University and the University of Delaware both rose in the annual ranking among colleges by U.S. News and
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DSU president Dr. Tony Allen   Among the issues that DSU President Tony Allen wants to help the nation’s Historically
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Delaware State University grad students show off their new MacBook computers.   DuPont’s donation Thursday of MacBooks to 50 Delaware
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The state will offer up to 10 days of pay for teachers who must quarantine, isolate or care for family
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UD’s vice president sent students an email Wednesday saying the school’s isolation space is almost full.   The University of
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Corie Priest of the Delaware Attorney General’s Office welcomes a student returning to Eastside Charter Tuesday.   More than 40
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The University of Delaware will begin requiring proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 tests to attend any UD event, starting
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UD students raise lighted candles to mark the start of a new school year, this one on campus. Photo by
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  About 30 people attended the Milford meeting, including two families with children.   Parents who don’t want their kids
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Delaware State students soon will have access to financial training throughout their college years and beyond. A four-year grant from
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Gov. John Carney’s order that school kids must wear masks continues to gather complaints. Photo by Bree Stonebraker.   Indian
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A group of parents who oppose the school mask mandate are working on creating a coalition of homeschooling options that
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For the second time in 2021, DSU will use COVID-19 cash to help pay off student debt.   Delaware State
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Delaware legislators issued dueling press statements about people opposing the school mask mandate. Photo by Vera Davidova/Unsplash   Democratic members
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Parents not wearing masks at Brandywine School Board meeting chanted, ‘follow the science, masks don’t work.’ Photo by MChe Lee/Unsplash
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While COVID-19 usually causes mild cases in children, it can cause serious illness or death and there is no way
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The Delaware Department of Education says student achievement scores can’t be compared to previous years. Photo by Jessica Lewis/Pexels  
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Delaware will require all school teachers, students and staff to wear masks indoors, even for sports.     Gov. John
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    The University of Delaware, Wilmington University and Delaware Technical Community College have changed their face mask policies for
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  As the number of COVID-19 cases rise dramatically, Delaware officials on Thursday asked the unvaccinated to be immunized to
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Capital One donated this Wilmington Riverfront building to Delaware State University.   Capital One, the company famous for asking credit
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    Three years ago, as their daughter was about to enter kindergarten, Megan and Buddy Willey learned young Caroline
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Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Delaware State Chamber of Commerce, Rodel and the Delaware Department will study child care needs.
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  Delaware Gov. John Carney is studying this week’s Centers for Disease Control recommendation that  everyone wear masks indoors in
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  This rendering depicts FAME Inc.’s planned new $6.5 million Learning Lab to support STEM education and jobs.   A
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Chris L. Kenny   Delaware LIVE’s owner has been elected to serve on the board of one of the nation’s
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A new program will check teaches and students for COVID-19, even if they don’t have symptoms.   Delaware will pay
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(Photo by Max Fischer from Pexels) Four new Appoquinimink School District alumnae have received contingent offers of employment at their
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  The 20 Delaware teachers nominated to compete for the Delaware Teacher of the Year Award cover kindergarten to high
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The school districts that serve Wilmington are combining forces to help the seniors of 2022 be as prepared as possible.
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Miguel Bezos, left, is donating $12 million to Salesianum School to start a scholarship fund names for the late Rev.
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The Historically Black College and University will use federal COVID-19 money to pay for move.
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The most prominent newcomer after Tuesday’s elections is Kim Stock, the 2021 Delaware Teacher of the Year.
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Virtual musical required rethinking songs, choreography and learning new timing over a Zoom delay
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Also the latest from Beebe School of Nursing, Delaware Technical Community College, Goldey-Beacom College and Wilmington University
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Households across New Castle County might soon be getting new members on their school boards.
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  Sia Willie’s first grade class at Wilmington Friends has nine students. And 15 paid classroom jobs. Those jobs were
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    The Delaware Department of Education has a four-prong plan to help kids catch up in school, Education Secretary
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The motion’s failure means high school sports teams will continue to mask up for spring season.
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Wjhen Tiffany Herrera won the cross country award, her team gave her a very sticky congratulations
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Several United Airlines pilots who had trained at Delaware State returned for the event Thursday
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Tom Kardish said he will focus on challenging, supporting students as they grow into people God wants them to be
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No. 1 is actually 2 plays from an OT thriller
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Two weeks of quarantine caused the Hornets to have to reschedule a lot of games.
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    Jordan Cannon, a nursing student at Delaware Technical Community College, has been named a 2021 New Century Transfer
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The program began four years ago and has about 100 students enrolled.
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The young women will be heading off to college in 2022 and could end up running against each other.
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      When you move a science competition outside, there’s all sort of real-world conditions that pop up that
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Hill attribute his love of the game and coaching to his own father, who urged his children to be actively
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Without doubt, UD’s president said, the school will continue to feel the economic effects of COVID-19 for years
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The district school board votes May 11 on the proposal, and it would start this fall.
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The process that New Castle County, CEWER use also has been used to check sewage for alcohol and narcotic drugs.
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‘We believe that based on science it’s time to reopen our schools—fully,’ said Lisa McCulley, founder of Stand Up Delaware.
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This was Sage Sawhney’s third time to participate; he placed second last year.
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  Droves of students will not be held back because of interruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Delaware educators say.
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The groups hope their new dashboard will encourage Delaware students to apply
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The school board on March 15 will live-stream a workshop on its YouTube channel featuring a sleep expert.
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The university brought 4,000 students back to campus for spring and one of the new rules says they are not
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The panelists said that growing up, they had Black role models who lifted them up and showed them what success
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The testing could take place after schools open in fall of 2021, when more students are expected to be back
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A series of student protests around the time of MLK’s assassination led to Gov. Charles Terry installing police and dogs
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‘The programmatic, regulatory and financial hurdles to operating two athletic programs were either too high and/or uncertain,’ DSU President Tony
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Head Coach Rod Milstead said his Hornets were excited to play, no matter weather or COVID restrictions.
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“We’re laying the foundations for future reforms that are more systemic in nature,” said Tizzy Lockman, a Redding Consortium co-chair
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In the night’s most thrilling bout, the Riders’ Josh Harvey scored a takedown in the final seconds for a 13-12
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It was a fast-paced game with few fouls, but turnovers on both sides helped keep the score down.
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The lawmakers said they wanted Carney to issue an action plan for coping with state woes, and they didn’t hear
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Delaware Live individual high school wrestling rankings
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Ursuline’s Emily Rzucidlo had a game-high 22 points, including 10-13 from the free throw line.
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The two powerhouse teams haven’t played each other since January 2015.
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Instead of evaluations, the bill suggests having teachers continually observed to provide coaching and support for hybrid and remote learning.
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UD engineers 3D printed a face, nose, mouth and esophagus to tests face masks.
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The drumline’s 35 members range from freshmen to recent graduates and are only a small portion of the 300-strong full
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Only one student per dorm room will be permitted for spring; some rooms are being saved for those who must
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Elias Pappas’ skills as ‘a community consensus-builder’ are expected to help Odyssey regroup following high-profile controversies.
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A third of Delaware public school students exercise school choice, and applications are due Jan. 13.
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‘If there is doubt, we ask that schools remain in the remote setting for the safety of staff and students,’
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‘As we have said many times, we do not believe there is a public health reason to close schools.’
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