Education

Delaware State University is partnering with a national nonprofit organization that helps students on a path to economic mobility.

Ground is broken for the new Hodgson Vocational Technical High School.

Since February 2022, millions of children have fled their homes in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion.To help dispersed Ukrainian families and their children’s development, the University of Delaware’s Roberta Golinkoff – chaired professor in UD's College of Education and Human Development – has partnered with Sesame Workshop and others to develop “Stories with Clever Hedgehog,” a website with free, interactive e-books, games, and various resources.Delaware Public Media’s Karl Lengel caught up this week with Golinkoff for more on the website and methods to improve childhood literacy.

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Delaware State University reaches into the past for its new police chief.

The U.S. Office of Naval Research sends a $799,947 grant to Delaware State University.

As the new school year begins, school districts across the state are struggling to fill teaching positions.Delaware took one step toward addressing the issue in this year’s state budget with a nine percent pay raise for teachers, but higher salaries are only part of the solution.Delaware Public Media’s Rachel Sawicki reports this week on why hiring teachers is so difficult and what’s being done to fill in the gaps.

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Delaware State University remains among the top ten HBCUs in the country while the University of Delaware is #76 among the nation’s best overall universities.

Three schools in Delaware are named National Blue Ribbon Schools.