Advocates point to inclusive and comprehensive sex education as one way to counter skewed risks LGBTQ+ people face in the U.S.There isn’t a national standardized sex ed curriculum. Requirements at the state level vary, with some having laws in place that stigmatize and/or exclude material involving LGBTQ+ people, relationships and safety.Delaware schools are required to teach sex ed, but state standards don’t match nationally recognized standards and must stress abstinence.With that in mind, Planned Parenthood of Delaware is set to start offering IN·clued, an inclusive sex ed program, starting in April.And Delaware Public Media’s Abigail Lee sat down with the organization’s Patricia Hartman and J. Green to talk about the program.

The WLC operates across nine schools in three districts in Wilmington with the goal of improving student outcomes.

The new school, serving students in grades 4-6, will be called Sunnyside Intermediate School. It will be located across the road from the existing Sunnyside Elementary.

Delaware’s Charter School Accountability Committee recommends revoking the Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence’s charter.

Delayed property tax bill due dates in New Castle County will cost the district about $1 million in interest it would normally receive on property tax payments.

The Redding Consortium will have another meeting in the next few weeks as it works to meet its July deadline for the redistricting proposal.

Gov. Matt Meyer’s State of the State address and budget proposal called for huge investments in early childhood education– about $50 million in state and federal monies.Part of the federal money comes from a federal grant, meant to bolster childcare infrastructure in the First State.Gov.Meyer tapped Lt. Governor Kyle Evans Gay to take the lead managing this grant and the state’s larger effort to improve access to early childhood education and the results it produces.This week, Delaware Public Media State Politics reporter Bente Bouthier sat down with Lt. Gov Gay to discuss the state’s plans.

A pair of First State school districts get a “no” from residents on referendums seeking to increase taxes for operating expenses.

Delaware’s three institutions of higher education all made their pitches for funding bumps to the Joint Finance Committee.

After a month-long postponement, a new intermediate school in the Smyrna School District could get a name next month.