First State Educate's community action event Monday night focused on parental engagement with school boards.

Local schools on underperforming list

Terry RogersAbove the fold, Education, Headlines, Milford Headline Story

Delaware Department of Education recently released a list of schools on improvement plans and several local schools appeared on the list. There are several categories used to identify schools who need improvement, including Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI and CSI-R) and Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI-1 and TSI-2). According to DOE, a school falls into CSI either when students score …

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Clear bookbags, weapon detectors, more coming to Delaware schools

Julia MerolaEducation, Headlines

This story was originally published on Spotlight Delaware.  The reality of school shootings has plagued the nation for more than two decades, and last year saw more than 300 such incidents. While Delaware has been able to escape much of the bloodshed, recent incidents have unnerved many families and faculty. Guns have been fired inside schools amid altercations, threats have been left …

Dana Carey and a few of her students.

Meet counselor Dana Carey, Del. behavioral pro of the year

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Lake Forest School District’s Dana Carey, Delaware’s behavioral health professional of the year, almost turned down the job for which she won the state award.  “Once I started teaching, I loved it so much, I actually passed up on a couple opportunities to take a school counseling job,” Carey said. “Even though that was my passion and what I really …

Dana Carey, a counselor at Lake Forest School District, is Delaware's 2023 Behavioral Health Professional of the Year

Lake Forest’s Dana Carey named behavioral health pro 2023

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

Dana Carey – counselor at Lake Forest North Elementary School – is this year’s behavioral health pro of the year. “I would like to first thank my Lake Forest family,” she said. “Thank you so much for being here to support me and love me.  School behavioral specialists are typically psychologists, counselors, social workers or nurses.  They assist teachers by …