Delaware releases 2026 DSSF academic progress results
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
On average, students who began with the lowest prior-year scores reached a greater share of their individual growth targets The Delaware Department of Education today released the 2026 Delaware School Success Framework (DSSF) Academic Progress results, also called the Growth Index, showing how much progress students in grades 4 through 8 made toward their […]
Delaware School Safety Conference Brings Over 200 Stakeholders Together to Strengthen School Safety
Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Department of Education | Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2026
NEWARK, Del. — On August 12, 2026, the Delaware Emergency Management Agency’s Delaware School Safety Center (DSSC) and Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) hosted the 2026 Delaware School Safety Conference at the University of Delaware’s Clayton Hall. The event brought together experts from Delaware and across the country to support school safety stakeholders as they […]
Poetry Out Loud 2026-2027 School Year Registration Now Open
Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of Education | Department of State | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Schools Invited to Host Their Own Poetry Out Loud Competition Wilmington, Del. (August 24, 2026) – The 2026-2027 school year marks the 22nd anniversary of Poetry Out Loud®, an arts education program and dynamic poetry recitation competition for high school students that lifts poetry off the page, creating community and connection. An initiative of […]
Delaware schools receiving targeted literacy support show some of the state’s strongest assessment gains
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2026
CORRECTION: South Dover Elementary School’s Grade 3 ELA proficiency should not have been excluded from the calculation of state-supported literacy coaching results. The reconfiguration of that school did not affect Grade 3. That paragraph has been corrected below. Statewide results show modest improvement, with larger gains in schools receiving focused support; overall proficiency remains […]
$5 Million in State Arts Grants Heads to All Three Delaware Counties
Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of Education | Department of State | Governor Matt Meyer | Kent County | Lt. Governor Kyle Evans Gay | Mezzanine Gallery | New Castle County | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Office of the Lieutenant Governor | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Delaware Division of the Arts Funding Strengthens Communities, Schools, and Local Economies Statewide, DEL. (July 29, 2026) – Whether you live in a city, a small town, or a rural stretch of Sussex County, the arts should be something you can engage with. That is the idea behind the Delaware Division of the Arts’ first […]
