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  Category: Department of Education


World Language Immersion Program Prepares To Launch

Department of Education | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 1, 2012

More than 340 Delaware kindergarteners this fall will begin their study of either Mandarin Chinese or Spanish in an elementary immersion program and be able to continue that study into middle school, thanks to the launch of the Governor’s World Language Expansion Initiative.




State Test Results Show Students Made Significant Gains, Narrowed Achievement Gaps

Department of Education | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Preliminary results from the Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System (DCAS) show statewide student gains in reading and math in every grade band, as well as a narrowing of many achievement gaps.




Overseas, Biden Speaks on Importance of Rule of Law

Department of Education | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 20, 2012

U.S. Ambassadors to Romania and Ukraine asked Biden to share his perspective as Attorney General, major in the Army National Guard’s JAG Corps, and former USDOJ Interim Legal Advisor in Kosovo   Wilmington – At the invitation of two U.S. Ambassadors, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden is in Romania and Ukraine this week to deliver […]







  Category: Department of Education

World Language Immersion Program Prepares To Launch

Department of Education | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 1, 2012

More than 340 Delaware kindergarteners this fall will begin their study of either Mandarin Chinese or Spanish in an elementary immersion program and be able to continue that study into middle school, thanks to the launch of the Governor’s World Language Expansion Initiative.




State Test Results Show Students Made Significant Gains, Narrowed Achievement Gaps

Department of Education | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Preliminary results from the Delaware Comprehensive Assessment System (DCAS) show statewide student gains in reading and math in every grade band, as well as a narrowing of many achievement gaps.




Overseas, Biden Speaks on Importance of Rule of Law

Department of Education | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 20, 2012

U.S. Ambassadors to Romania and Ukraine asked Biden to share his perspective as Attorney General, major in the Army National Guard’s JAG Corps, and former USDOJ Interim Legal Advisor in Kosovo   Wilmington – At the invitation of two U.S. Ambassadors, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden is in Romania and Ukraine this week to deliver […]