Delaware Tech’s baseball team had a tremendous 2022 regular season, finishing with a 31-7 record and the top seed in the NJCAA Region 19 Championship Tournament. Unfortunately, the team went 1-3 in the postseason and was eliminated before the championship game. This year, the team aims to flip those results and enter the postseason on a hot streak. “My goal …
Governor Carney Announces Major Child Care Investments and Initiatives
DOVER, Del. – Governor Carney on Tuesday announced the administration’s child care priorities and investments for the coming year. As outlined in last week’s State of the State address, Delaware will continue to make child care policies and investments a priority. The State will be taking the following actions to support, enhance, and expand child care quality and access […] The post Governor Carney …
Delaware Releases K-12 Mathematics Framework
The Delaware Department of Education released the Delaware K-12 Mathematics Framework today, defining effective and equitable mathematics systems in the state and providing education leaders with the direction, resources, and support needed to provide all students with the mathematics instruction they deserve. Delaware is only the second state, after New Mexico, to release a statewide mathematics framework grounded in high-quality …
Statewide Autism Programs Move to Department of Education
The Delaware Office of Statewide Autism Programs is now part of the Delaware Department of Education. The office, once also known as the Delaware Autism Program, provides supports to students with an educational classification of autism. Christina School District formerly administered the state-funded program. The Delaware General Assembly made the change through epilogue language. The post Statewide Autism Programs Move …
Academic Excellence 2022
Delaware Technical Community College is proud to recognize the students who achieved academic excellence during 2022 and were named to the College’s President’s List or Dean’s List. This list was created as of January 4, 2023, and any grade changes that would impact academic excellence after that date will not be reflected. To be eligible for the President’s List, a …
Governor Carney Announces Raises for Delaware Teachers, Investments in Opportunity Funding, WLC
Surrounded by teachers, administrators, members of the General Assembly, and advocates, Governor Carney announced significant investments in public education across Delaware. The post Governor Carney Announces Raises for Delaware Teachers, Investments in Opportunity Funding, WLC appeared first on State of Delaware News.
Carney to raise teacher salaries 9% starting in 2023-24
Classroom teachers in Delaware’s public schools will receive a 9% increase in their salary next school year. Others who work in education will receive a 3% raise. Those announcements came Tuesday from Education Secretary Mark Holodick during an event in which Gov. John Carney detailed the money he was investing in public education in next year’s budget, which starts July …
School Water Testing Program Update
The State of Delaware is actively working with federal and local partners to ensure all Delaware children and school staff have safe and clean drinking water. With the help of a grant from the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Delaware Department of Education (DOE) with support from the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) began a sampling initiative in …
Milford School District seeks community feedback for strategic plan
Milford School District is seeking parent and community feedback to help with the strategic plan process. The plan will ensure that Portrait of a Graduate, Core Values, Vision, Mission and Priorities align with the district’s beliefs about Milford School District. Meetings for parents and the community will be held January 11 at 6:30 and 7:00 PM as well as January …
MSD holds first public meeting for Middle School design
On Wednesday, January 4, Milford Middle School held their first meeting to present preliminary drawings to the public related to the renovation of the historic building. The district plans two more meetings as they get input from the public regarding what the school will look like after demolition and renovation. “We began this journey back in 2018,” Dr. Kevin Dickerson, …