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 …
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Brandywine School District and its educators struck a deal Monday night after a nearly year-long contract impasse. The district, which is the fifth largest in the state, agreed to raise the pay and protect the working conditions of more than a thousand public school teachers and specialists. âThis is a huge win for teachers and specialists here in the Brandywine …
Delaware is leading the charge in the federal governmentâs mission to provide internet for all. Tuesday, the Department of Commerceâs National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) approved the First Stateâs final proposal for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. The program is a key feature of the federal governmentâs âInternet for Allâ initiative to connect everyone in America …
WILMINGTON â An expired contract situation in Brandywine School District has tainted the holiday spirit of teachers, as they began to picket the district Tuesday in the first local educatorsâ union picketing in well over a decade. âI am shocked and saddened to be in this position,â said Jeannette Wilt, a computer and math teacher in the Brandywine School District …
Delawareâs four most northern schools â which make up four of the six largest districts in the state â have data metrics that can tell a number of stories, all of which keep parents, teachers, administrators, and even students awake at night. One story is about absenteeism. Another is about resources, another about the challenges of special student populations, and …
The Wilmington Learning Collaborative is making the final touches to its nearly $16 million budget for this 2024-2025 school year. After already getting the budget approved, the group voted for amendments Tuesday night in three line items: expanded learning time, professional development and school leader recruitment and retention. Funds were decreased in the first two buckets and moved to school …
A coalition of city of Wilmington elementary schools can tout growth in reading over the summer. In the Wilmington Learning Collaborativeâs monthly meeting Tuesday night, Executive Director Laura Burgos presented the academic progress as a result of summer programming. The group contracted Reading Assist, a group contracted by the WLC that focuses on improving literacy rates, to help tutor students. …
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Delawareâs state-wide test scores from the 2023-2024 school year were released Thursday, and while they are still very low, they did not get any worse than last year. That might not be saying much, as education experts across the state have been calling the low scores a âcrisisâ for multiple years …
This story was originally published on Spotlight Delaware. The reality of school shootings has plagued the nation for more than two decades, and last year saw more than 300 such incidents. While Delaware has been able to escape much of the bloodshed, recent incidents have unnerved many families and faculty. Guns have been fired inside schools amid altercations, threats have been left …
