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  Category: Department of Education


Delaware Wins Federal Grant to Support Cleaner School Buses

Department of Education | News | Date Posted: Thursday, October 27, 2022

The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) has been awarded an $809,000 federal grant to purchase one propane and three electric school buses for the Colonial School District through the federal Clean School Bus Rebate Program. Nationally, these awards are part of the first $1 billion of a five-year, $5 billion program created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, championed by Delaware’s Congressional delegation of Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) and signed into law by President Joe Biden in November 2021.




New Investment Coming to School Libraries Across Delaware

Delaware Libraries | Department of Education | Department of State | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Funding will link library collections, broaden student access to books and materials DOVER – Students will gain greater access to quality books through school libraries across Delaware with a $1 million state investment announced Tuesday by House Majority Leader Valerie Longhurst and officials from the Delaware Library Consortium. The funds, allocated to the Delaware Division […]




Milford Teacher Named Delaware 2023 Teacher of the Year

Department of Education | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2022

A fifth-grade teacher from the Milford School District is Delaware’s 2023 State Teacher of the Year. Ashley Lockwood of LuLu Ross Elementary School now is Delaware’s nominee for National Teacher of the Year. She will use her position to advocate for historically underserved populations of students.




Governor Carney, First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney, Delaware Department of Education Launch School Registration System

Department of Education | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2022

System will streamline and unify the Kindergarten, school registration process statewide WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor Carney, First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney, and the Delaware Department of Education on Monday and Tuesday launched the new school registration system, authorized by Senate Bill 82. The new registration system makes critical updates suggested by families and school districts. […]




Great Oaks Charter School Placed on Formal Review

Department of Education | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Due to enrollment concerns, Secretary of Education Mark Holodick has placed Great Oaks Charter School in Wilmington on formal review. Formal review is an investigatory process that will allow the Charter School Accountability Committee (CSAC) to determine whether the school has violated terms of its charter.  







  Category: Department of Education

Delaware Wins Federal Grant to Support Cleaner School Buses

Department of Education | News | Date Posted: Thursday, October 27, 2022

The Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) has been awarded an $809,000 federal grant to purchase one propane and three electric school buses for the Colonial School District through the federal Clean School Bus Rebate Program. Nationally, these awards are part of the first $1 billion of a five-year, $5 billion program created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, championed by Delaware’s Congressional delegation of Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) and signed into law by President Joe Biden in November 2021.




New Investment Coming to School Libraries Across Delaware

Delaware Libraries | Department of Education | Department of State | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Funding will link library collections, broaden student access to books and materials DOVER – Students will gain greater access to quality books through school libraries across Delaware with a $1 million state investment announced Tuesday by House Majority Leader Valerie Longhurst and officials from the Delaware Library Consortium. The funds, allocated to the Delaware Division […]




Milford Teacher Named Delaware 2023 Teacher of the Year

Department of Education | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2022

A fifth-grade teacher from the Milford School District is Delaware’s 2023 State Teacher of the Year. Ashley Lockwood of LuLu Ross Elementary School now is Delaware’s nominee for National Teacher of the Year. She will use her position to advocate for historically underserved populations of students.




Governor Carney, First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney, Delaware Department of Education Launch School Registration System

Department of Education | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2022

System will streamline and unify the Kindergarten, school registration process statewide WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor Carney, First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney, and the Delaware Department of Education on Monday and Tuesday launched the new school registration system, authorized by Senate Bill 82. The new registration system makes critical updates suggested by families and school districts. […]




Great Oaks Charter School Placed on Formal Review

Department of Education | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Due to enrollment concerns, Secretary of Education Mark Holodick has placed Great Oaks Charter School in Wilmington on formal review. Formal review is an investigatory process that will allow the Charter School Accountability Committee (CSAC) to determine whether the school has violated terms of its charter.