Members of the Redding Consortium Monday night voted to approve a spending plan for the next fiscal year, which includes more than $16 million in operating funds and carryover funds left over from this previous budgets. The largest allocation $7,914,637 for outside school time services and in-school health services. These can be considered wraparound services, which help fill the gaps …
Read Aloud Delaware, a Wilmington nonprofit dedicated to helping young children be ready to learn to read in school, unveiled a new logo Tuesday designed to illustrate its new strategic plan. The new logo is a more polished version of its longtime symbol, featuring an adult and a child looking at a book. It was designed to illustrate the nonprofit’s …
This story was originally published in May 2022. Jahsha Tabronâs passion for English and literature exploded after reading Shakespeareâs âHamletâ and âMacbethâ in her 11th grade honors English class in the Bronx. Thirty years later, Tabron â who is Delawareâs Teacher of the Year for 2022 â leads her own English class at Brandywine High School. Tabron, whose lively and …
A handful of first-graders in a Woodbridge District school laughed and cheered Tuesday as they — in English — guessed what sorts of things can be found in a museum. The goal of the small-group session at Woodbridge Early Childhood Education Center, which serves a large portion of students learning English, is to build students’ vocabulary and help them comfortably …
Colonial School District Superintendent Jeffrey D. Menzer unearthed a surprising fact while he was devising a method to track the effectiveness of a new focus on student reading skills and scores. The 2022 eighth graders who had been at Colonial schools since second grade scored higher on reading proficiency tests than those in eighth grade in 2019, Menzer told the …
Goldey-Beacom Collegeâs president says the schoolâs use of its endowment to commit to affordable tuition landed it in the top 20% of a think tank ranking of economic mobility for institutions of higher learning. The ranking comes from Washington D.C.âs center-left think tank Third Way. It takes into consideration the amount of time it takes low-income students to recoup the …
Delaware State University rose one place to No. 2 in the U.S. News & World Report college rankings of the nationâs best public Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The Dover-based school also rose to No. 8 from No. 10 among all HBCUs. The ranking reflects DSUâs journey of progress, said DSU President Tony Allen. âWe believe what weâre doing …
Plans were unveiled Monday for a $22 million STEM hub at EastSide Charter, partly paid for by a $1 million donation from Barclays US Consumer Bank. âWhat’s unique about this opportunity is that there are corporations that have already partnered with us,â said Aaron Bass, chief executive officer at EastSide, âto make sure that there is job training, internships and …
Cheering Ursuline Academy seniors waving signs welcomed students of the lower school back to the classroom Wednesday, along with a new furry friend. Winnie, whoâs celebrating her first birthday Wednesday as students return, is a poodle mix that was adopted by the academy to provide emotional support for students. Donna Kinzel, Usulineâs chief financial officer, said that …
A joint meeting Tuesday of the Brandywine, Christina and Red Clay school districts about the Wilmington Learning Collaborative featured a lively discussion, but still no vote. The 21 board members were joined by Gov. John Carney, Education Secretary Mark Holodick and other key education officials. While no one outright opposed the learning collaborative, some expressed concern about the …
