Positive Outcomes Charter School of Camden came prepared for its sixth meeting with a state committee that reviews Delawareâs charter schoolsâ progress. Positive Outcomes showed the committee a short video presenting a lot of anecdotal and data-based successes. We’re very proud to be in front of you today seeking our sixth renewal of our school,â said Ed Emmett, school director. …
The committee responsible for evaluating and adjusting the salary scales of Delawareâs educators to attract more to the state has solidified its recommendations. At Mondayâs Public Education Compensation Committee meeting, the 15-person group made of government and education leaders approved its final suggestions that it will submit to Gov. John Carney by Nov. 15 for consideration in his fiscal year …
As First State public schools reopen next week, most students wonât see much difference in the day-to-day workings of the classroom. But thereâs a lot going on in the background. Many districts will be adopting new science and math curriculums designed to help counter the stateâs dismal test scores â and continue the battle against COVID-19 learning loss. More mental …
There was little cheering news Tuesday when Delaware released its 2023 state assessment results. The numbers are still grim, with the majority of students across the board failing to reach proficiency in math and reading. âI canât imagine anyone looking at these test results and saying they are good enough,â said Julia Keleher, the new executive director of First State …
The stateâs new credit for prior learning policy framework will reinforce a practice that WilmU has been using for more than 30 years, a practice other institutions of higher learning in the First State also follow. According to the Department of Education, the guidelines are intended to help colleges and universities develop policies and procedures for evaluating prior student learning …
Ninety-two First State high schoolers have been named Secretary of Education Scholars. Mark Holodick, secretary of education at the Delaware Department of Education, announced the 2023 honor roll. âThis is such an impressive group of young leaders,â he said. âThe honorees have succeeded academically while also serving as leaders in their schools and communities.â Holodick said the scholarsâ success is …
The Delaware Charter Schools Network, 11 charter schools and the Delaware secretary of education are waiting on a judgeâs ruling in a lawsuit about $4 million in tax revenue the charters say they are due. The network and the 11 charter schools sued Education Secretary Mark Holodick in Kent County Superior Court in July to get the money and to …
This story was originally published in August 2022. Delawareâs 2022 test scores were released this August, and they arenât pretty. Just 30% of Delaware students in grades three to eight met grade-level math requirements, while 42% earned a proficient score in English language arts. These scores come from the state-administered Smarter Balanced Assessment, an end-of-the-year summative test that measures the …
The Delaware Library Consortium announced Tuesday that it will spend $1 million to add school libraries into the statewide catalog. The goal is to broaden the First Stateâs library catalog and provide more students an opportunity to conduct research or read for pleasure. âOver the years it seems like everything around literacy has been tweaked except school libraries, until now,â …
Delaware test scores have fallen to the bottom of the heap since 2019, with some worse than any other state, according to the Nationâs Report Card, which was released Monday. From 2019 to 2022, the average scores for Delaware fourth-graders on the math assessment dropped by 14 points, the steepest of any state. âIn Delaware specifically, our scores were decimated,â …
