The premier teacher in the First State will be named next month. On Oct. 15, the state will announce the 2025 Delaware Teacher of the Year. All 19 school districts will nominate a teacher, who submits a detailed application exemplifying their teaching philosophy. One teacher will represent the state’s 24 charter schools. Five Delaware Department of Education staff members and …
With the funds that Delaware schools received for tutoring during the pandemic running out, many parents are sending their children to private tutoring services to catch up, tune their existing skills or even get a head start on the next school year. “The challenge right now is for all of the last three years, all of the schools had ESSER …
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Delaware’s state-wide test scores from the 2023-2024 school year were released Thursday, and while they are still very low, they did not get any worse than last year. That might not be saying much, as education experts across the state have been calling the low scores a “crisis” for multiple years …
With artificial intelligence seemingly affecting every field, the Department of Education has released a guide for how to navigate that technology in classrooms. The guidance is broken down into four categories: understanding AI, implementing generative AI in Delaware districts and charters, integrating generative AI into the classroom, and professional learning. “Artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving, and, quite honestly, our students …
Just weeks after Delaware State University announced a successful inaugural year of a program that trains professionals to serve the state’s youngest learners, the state’s other prominent institutions of higher education are jumping on board. The Delaware Department of Education funds DSU’s Early Childhood Innovation Center, which offers direct support to help early childhood professionals work toward their certification as …
A lot of the state’s teachers are concerned about the working conditions in schools, and new survey results shared at a state committee meeting Monday night put hard data behind those claims. The survey was presented at the Student Behavior and School Climate Task Force meeting. That group, created in March, is made of government and educational officials as well …
A member of the state task force that’s trying to improve student behavior and school environments in schools said that tiered mental health programs are killing Delaware classroom productivity. “They don’t need all the fancy stuff,” said Sen. Eric Buckson, R-Dover, said. “They don’t need the interventions. They don’t need the couches, they don’t need the specialists. They just need …
A report from a national nonprofit focused on the wellbeing of America’s children confirms what most Delawareans have learned over the past couple of years: education in the First State is far from first. The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 54-page report lists Delaware 45th in education – or sixth worst in the entire country. But, it highlights a lot of …
Although just 31% of students in Delaware are proficient in math and 41% are proficient in English language arts, the graduation rate in First State high schools is 88%. “While Delaware’s graduation rate is encouraging, understanding achievement requires a deeper look at student growth throughout their K-12 experience,” said Julia Keleher, chief strategy and operating officer for First State Educate, …
A state committee created to evaluate and make recommendations to improve the environment of schools had its third meeting Monday night in which it learned that there were more than 30,000 behavioral infractions to middle and high school students in 2022. Although that number dropped in 2023, it was still north of 11,000 for high schoolers and nearly 14,000 for …
