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Cape Henlopen School District residents reject a referendum seeking to raise taxes for additional operating and capital costs.
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The Cape Henlopen School District holds a referendum Tuesday asking to raise taxes for additional operating and capital funds.
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Wilmington University is partnering with a nonprofit on a new teacher pathway program.
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Brandywine School District Superintendent Lincoln Hohler is retiring July 1st - and the district’s school board appears to be moving quickly to replace him with a candidate from within the district.
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It’s been four years since the COVID-19 pandemic first started, keeping students out of the classroom and learning online for some time.But even when students returned to in-person learning, it appears attitudes about going to school every day had changed; chronic absenteeism in the U.S. has spiked, nearly doubling since 2020.This week, Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon spoke with ProPublica reporter Alec MacGillis – who recently wrote about absenteeism – and Delaware Secretary of Education Mark Holodick for more on chronic absenteeism and how Delaware is addressing it.
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University of Delaware junior Trinity Hunt is a finalist in the NPR College Podcast Challenge.Hunt’s podcast Dear Little Sister revolves around her younger sister’s decision to join the military, and how it brought her family closer and changed Hunt's understanding of being American.In this edition of Enlighten Me, Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon sat down with Hunt to talk about her podcast and being named one of 10 finalists in the NPR College Podcast Challenge.
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An independent review of Delaware’s education funding system from the American Institutes for Research recommends significantly higher investment in schools, but lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have concerns.
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The Milford Police Department and School District are asking for the public’s help locating former district employee Thomas Caffrey.
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Wilmington University is partnering with Code Differently to offer students credit for completion of the organization’s programs.