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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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In 1978, when the youth unemployment rate was a staggering 45 percent in his state, Governor Pierre S. du Pont IV initiated Jobs for Delaware's Graduates (jdg), a comprehensive career-counseling and job-placement program aimed at general-education students, who seemed most likely to end up on the state's unemployment rolls.
April 7, 1982 - Education Week
February 2, 1982 - Education Week

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