News Briefs
January 22, 2008
In her forthcoming budget, Gov. Ruth Ann Minner will propose expanding her full-day-kindergarten initiative to 11 districts and nine charter schools.
July 17, 2007
In K-12 education, lawmakers allocated $1.9 million to fully finance all-day kindergarten in the 2008-09 school year and $2.7 million to place math specialists in middle schools.
January 23, 2007
Gov. Ruth Ann Miller said her budget proposal would fully finance full-day kindergarten for Delaware's regular public and charter schools.
December 5, 2006
Delaware lawmakers have capped several years of debate by passing a mandate that the state’s 15 school districts offer full-day kindergarten programs by the 2008-09 school year.
August 29, 2006
A case study of Delaware’s largest school district suggests a link between its improvement efforts and increases in student performance.
May 23, 2006
Delaware lawmakers have approved a bailout, teachers have gotten pink slips, and turnaround consultants have been hired—all for a budget crisis that former leaders of the state’s largest school district say doesn’t exist.
June 21, 2005
It has been less than six months since the nation’s governors gathered for a summit on high schools, and already at least half a dozen states have enacted policies that require students to complete tougher academic programs to earn a diploma.
March 29, 2005
Students in the upper grades of Delaware’s charter schools are outperforming their peers in regular public schools, an evaluation has found.
April 28, 2004
This year’s Delaware high school seniors could be the first class in the state to receive diplomas ranking graduates in three categories, though some state lawmakers are working to put a hold on the plan.
April 24, 2002
The Delaware Department of Education took a first step last week toward revocation of the charter of a 7-month-old school that closed recently, despite parents' passionate efforts to save it.
