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Governor:Jack Markell
Secretary of Education:Lillian Lowery
Quality Counts state grade:C+
Pre-K-12 enrollment:129,403
Number of school districts:38
Number of public schools:214
Number of public school teachers:8,933
Unadjusted education spending per student:$12,222
Percent minority students:49.9%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:47.6%
Percent of students with disabilities:14.4%
Percent of English-language learners:5.3%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:38.6%
8th grade math:31.9%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:36.1%
8th grade reading:32.7%

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October 2, 1991 - Education Week
Delaware educators are finding this fall that their state's new block-grant program has given them both a unique opportunity and a difficult responsibility: deciding on their own how to carry out a 15 percent cut in a key form of state aid.
September 25, 1991 - Education Week

Residents of the populous Delaware Valley--the Philadelphia area, southern New Jersey, and Delaware--are being asked this month to render a "public judgment" on issues surrounding schooling in their communities.
May 22, 1985 - Education Week
Students from integrated neighborhoods made the largest academic gains in three years of court-ordered school desegregation in metropolitan Wilmington, Del., according to a major new study by researchers at Michigan State University.
October 6, 1982 - Education Week
Tougher "accountability" standards for teachers will be urged in yet another state, when a panel of educators submits its recommendations to the Delaware State Board of Education later this month.
May 5, 1982 - Education Week

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