Colonial's Shelby Borst is the 2025 Delaware Teacher of the Year.

Meet Shelby Borst: William Penn social studies teacher and the 2025 Delaware Teacher of the Year

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

The reward for teaching for Shelby Borst comes from the looks on studentsā€™ faces when they learn something new. Borst, a social studies teacher at William Penn High School in the Colonial School District, got her own reward Tuesday night when she was named Delawareā€™s 2025 State Teacher of the Year.Ā  Sheā€™s also a teacher who has spent time boosting …

The five winners will put on a rendition of their plays March 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Delaware Theatre Company.

5 named young playwrights by Delaware Theatre Co.

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Culture

Five Delaware high schoolers have been honored by the Delaware Theatre Company as 2023-2024 Delaware Young Playwrights winners. This yearā€™s winners are: Amara Harrison (Charter School of Wilmington): ā€œYou Remind Meā€ Emily Howard (Charter School of Wilmington): ā€œSplinterā€ Valentine Logan (William Penn High School): ā€œHatshepsuts Djedā€ Darby Ann Tisdel (MOT Charter High School): ā€œBest Friendsā€ Mia Trotter (Appoquinimink High School): …

There are more than 70 libraries across the state that share 2.5 million ebooks and print books for the benefit of Delawareans.

Delaware to add school libraries into statewide catalog

Jarek RutzHeadlines, Education

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 Stateā€™s library catalog and provide more students an opportunity to conduct research or read for pleasure. ā€œOver the years it seems like everything around literacy has been tweaked except school libraries, until now,ā€ …