With this yearās school board elections less than a month away, several organizations have once again published voter guides to help those participating make an informed decision on the ballot.Ā This yearās election is rather light ā with just 19 candidates campaigning across eight races. RELATED: 19 to compete for 8 seats in May 14 school board elections The guides …
Sometimes you donāt know what you donāt know. Take the lawsuit filed July 7, 2023, by ACLU Delaware against Attorney General Kathy Jennings and the city of Wilmington over the stateās solicitation and loitering statutes and Wilmingtonās loitering ordinance. The ACLU claims the lack of specificity in the current statutes opens the door to selective enforcement.Ā At the same time, …
A long-awaited report release from the American Institutes for Research on school funding has shown that Delaware needs to allocate anywhere from $590 million to $1 billion more into education. Thatās between a 27% and 46% increase from the multi-billion dollar investment the state already has in public education, which is typically about a third of the state budget.Ā The …
Two dozen leaders from state and national educational organizations on Monday got a sneak peek of potential recommendations on how Delaware should fund schools.Ā A report by the American Institutes for Research, being paid for by the Delaware Department of Education and designed to help guide state recommendations on changing the way schools are funded is expected to be released …
Candidates have 19 days left to file to run in the May 9 school board elections, and education advocates hope to encourage more people to run in those three weeks. āThere’s a lot more community members than there are elected people, so if you don’t like the direction that your community is going in, run,ā said Laurisa Schutt, executive director …
