A new report from Rodel shows that First State families do not have adequate access to affordable child care. A coalition of advocacy groups â including Rodel, the Delaware Association for the Education of Young Children, Delaware Readiness Teams and the First State Pre-K â conducted a survey with hundreds of Delaware families to gauge their feelings about child care …
Generally praising Delawareâs investments in early childhood education, a state panel also said âa tremendous numberâ of underserved children donât have access to it because of a lack of teachers and the cost of childcare. That puts them at a disadvantage when they go to kindergarten, said the final report from the Delaware Early Childhood Advisory Committee. The teacher shortage …
Three months after Delawareâs child care workers were promised direct financial relief in the form of $1,500 individual payments, they havenât received a cent. Those workers may not receive any money until as late as June because the state is constructing a new registry to track whoâs working in child care centers throughout the state. That registry will also be …
Flanked by Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, Gov. John Carney and Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long, DSU President Tony Allen holds two beneficiaries of the governorâs initiative to strengthen early childhood education in Delaware â the 2021-22 Little Mr. and Miss DSU, Corey Bazemore and Alessandra Spence. Photo courtesy of Delaware State University. With Delawareâs unemployment rate hovering around 5 percent, state …
