educational equity

The Consortium originally planned for a deadline this summer but moved the date to the end of the year to construct a more impressive document.

Delaware’s House Education Committee advances one resolution addressing property tax equity and school funding. And it tabled two other measures aimed at the issue.

The hybrid formula under consideration would see public schools prioritize low income, special education and multilingual learner students.

If put in place, funding would be determined by teaching units, which are already considered, and weighted student counts.

Delaware Tech has not yet selected the students who will have their tuition covered, but they will likely be in cohorts in the upcoming fall and spring semesters.

The plan would redraw lines in Wilmington so there are no more than two school districts for the city's students.

If implemented, the county could collect 1.25 percent of development construction value that would go to school districts.

The Delaware Vision Coalition releases its third 10-year plan for public education, hoping to boost testing scores and bring high literacy rates back to the First State.

Meyer met with childcare leaders in the First State Thursday.

The nonprofit will spend part of the grant on an adverse childhood experience survey.