Delaware students made a powerful impression at the 2025 Business Professionals of America (BPA) National Leadership Conference, held last month in Orlando, Florida. Competing against nearly 7,000 students from over 800 chapters across the country, Delaware’s delegation brought home a long list of top honors. In total, students from the First State claimed 12 national championships (first place), 13 second-place …
Six of the state’s 19 school districts – all in New Castle County – are partnering for an event at the end of March to help some of their students prepare for life after school. Families of students receiving special education services are invited to the 2025 Transition to Adult Life Fair, set to take place at Delaware Technical Community …
Every conversation with leaders from nine Delaware colleges and high schools about artificial intelligence’s presence in the classroom reveals unique ways the evolving technology is being used. It’s created a problem for schools and colleges wrestling with setting up their guardrails and adopting recent guidance published by the Delaware Department of Education. “AI has been in the education space for …
The reward for teaching for Shelby Borst comes from the looks on students’ faces when they learn something new. Borst, a social studies teacher at William Penn High School in the Colonial School District, got her own reward Tuesday night when she was named Delaware’s 2025 State Teacher of the Year. She’s also a teacher who has spent time boosting …
Delaware schools this past spring showed a double-digit percentage increase in both the number of Advanced Placement (AP) tests taken and the number of students taking them. Students took 12,731 exams in May 2023, representing a 16.6% increase from the prior year, with 738 additional students – 11.3% more – taking AP exams. “Red Clay’s Strategic Plan has prioritized students …
The principal of an elementary school located on a military base said the tremendous culture and success of the school can sometimes go unnoticed by the public. “If you don’t have a military ID, you could not drive to our school,” said Jason Payne, principal of Major George S. Welch Elementary School, located on the Dover Air Force Base and …
The three high schools of Appoquinimink School District united Wednesday for its annual Patriot Day ceremony to remember the tragic events of 9/11. It’s been 23 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, when 2,977 individuals lost their lives at the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and on U.S. Air Flight …
Indian River School District is the latest in Delaware to invest thousands – almost $50,000 for itself – in equipment to ensure student safety. The district is purchasing two weapon detection systems, one for each high school: Sussex Central High School and Indian River High School. Each costs about $24,000. “It is imperative that we ensure the safety of students, …
With the funds that Delaware schools received for tutoring during the pandemic running out, many parents are sending their children to private tutoring services to catch up, tune their existing skills or even get a head start on the next school year. “The challenge right now is for all of the last three years, all of the schools had ESSER …
Another night of get-to-know school board candidate forums, another missing participant. The trend of office-hopefuls not showing up to public meetings continues, as just three of the four of Appoquinimink School District’s school board candidates for this year’s election attended Tuesday night’s meeting. In the second installment of a four-district virtual series, candidate Timothy Johns declined to participate in the …
