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  Category: Governor John Carney


New ELA course helps students enter credit-bearing college courses

Department of Education | Education | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Students who fare well in a new high school English course are guaranteed to enter credit-bearing English classes at Delaware colleges and universities. The Foundations of College English course was developed through funding from Strada Education Network in partnership with the Delaware Department of Education and Delaware institutions of higher education to reduce college remediation rates. This course was designed to complement the Foundations of College Math course which was developed and launched in 2014.




Secretary Bunting encourages families, children to ‘Love the Bus’

Department of Education | Education | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Families, students and educators are celebrating the bus drivers and bus aides in Delaware who take more than 121,000 students safely to schools each day as part of the 11th annual national Love the Bus program this month.




DNREC Division of Parks & Recreation’s economic impact study for Delaware state parks praised at Tower 3 lighting ceremony

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Governor John Carney | Office of the Governor | The Economy | Date Posted: Monday, February 12, 2018

Governor John Carney, DNREC Secretary Garvin and other officials lauded the positive economic impact DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation has in Delaware and announced the results of the first-ever independent economic impact study of Delaware’s 16 state parks.




Governor Carney Expands Open Data Council

Department of State | Department of Technology and Information | Government Information Center | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Monday, February 12, 2018

Executive Order 18 expands the Council to include all Executive Branch agencies   WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney on Monday signed Executive Order 18, expanding the Delaware Open Data Council to include members from all Executive Branch agencies to promote data sharing. The Governor was joined by members of his Cabinet, technology entrepreneurs and […]




Governor Carney Authorizes Delaware National Guard to Assist with Water Distribution in Town of Blades

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Delaware Health and Social Services | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Division of Public Health | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Governor John Carney | Office of the Governor | Sussex County | Date Posted: Friday, February 9, 2018

Executive Order provides additional resources for town, residents DOVER, Del. – Governor John Carney on Friday signed an Executive Order authorizing the Delaware National Guard to assist the Town of Blades with distributing water to residents impacted by high levels of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in municipal wells. The Delaware National Guard has provided two, 400-gallon […]







  Category: Governor John Carney

New ELA course helps students enter credit-bearing college courses

Department of Education | Education | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Students who fare well in a new high school English course are guaranteed to enter credit-bearing English classes at Delaware colleges and universities. The Foundations of College English course was developed through funding from Strada Education Network in partnership with the Delaware Department of Education and Delaware institutions of higher education to reduce college remediation rates. This course was designed to complement the Foundations of College Math course which was developed and launched in 2014.




Secretary Bunting encourages families, children to ‘Love the Bus’

Department of Education | Education | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Families, students and educators are celebrating the bus drivers and bus aides in Delaware who take more than 121,000 students safely to schools each day as part of the 11th annual national Love the Bus program this month.




DNREC Division of Parks & Recreation’s economic impact study for Delaware state parks praised at Tower 3 lighting ceremony

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Governor John Carney | Office of the Governor | The Economy | Date Posted: Monday, February 12, 2018

Governor John Carney, DNREC Secretary Garvin and other officials lauded the positive economic impact DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation has in Delaware and announced the results of the first-ever independent economic impact study of Delaware’s 16 state parks.




Governor Carney Expands Open Data Council

Department of State | Department of Technology and Information | Government Information Center | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Monday, February 12, 2018

Executive Order 18 expands the Council to include all Executive Branch agencies   WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney on Monday signed Executive Order 18, expanding the Delaware Open Data Council to include members from all Executive Branch agencies to promote data sharing. The Governor was joined by members of his Cabinet, technology entrepreneurs and […]




Governor Carney Authorizes Delaware National Guard to Assist with Water Distribution in Town of Blades

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Delaware Health and Social Services | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Division of Public Health | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Governor John Carney | Office of the Governor | Sussex County | Date Posted: Friday, February 9, 2018

Executive Order provides additional resources for town, residents DOVER, Del. – Governor John Carney on Friday signed an Executive Order authorizing the Delaware National Guard to assist the Town of Blades with distributing water to residents impacted by high levels of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in municipal wells. The Delaware National Guard has provided two, 400-gallon […]