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Every Public School Student Now Has Digital Access To Books

Delaware Libraries | Department of Education | News | Date Posted: Monday, June 28, 2021

With schools facing the challenge of unfinished learning due to the pandemic, the Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) is providing access to online books to every K-12 student in the state. Students can use their school credentials to read required and recreational digital books in the OverDrive Education Sora student reading app. Students also now have seamless access to age-appropriate popular ebooks and audiobooks from the Delaware Libraries’ OverDrive digital collection.




Work Based Learning & Jobs For Students And Adults With Disabilities

Governor's Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens | News | Date Posted: Monday, June 28, 2021

DEVELOPING AUTHENTIC CUSTOMIZED WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND JOBS FOR STUDENTS AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES: AN INTENSIVE ONLINE BOOT CAMP FOR EDUCATORS & EMPLOYMENT SPECIALISTS By George Tilson, Keith Bosco & Carol Burbank Sponsored by The Delaware Department of Education, Division for Developmental Disabilities Services, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and the Division for the Visually […]




2021 Diabetes Report Recommends Increasing Access to Programs and Establishing Delaware Diabetes Registry

News | Date Posted: Monday, June 28, 2021

DOVER, DE (June 28, 2021) – Increasing in-person and online access to diabetes programs and establishing a diabetes registry are key recommendations in The Impact of Diabetes in Delaware, 2021 report, delivered to the Delaware General Assembly Monday June 28. The biennial report was produced by Delaware’s Department of Health and Social Service’s Division of Public Health (DPH) and Division of […]




Weekly COVID-19 Update – June 25, 2021: Delaware Nears President Biden’s Vaccination Goal

News | Date Posted: Friday, June 25, 2021

DOVER (June 25, 2021) – The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is providing an update on the most recent statistics related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Delaware, as of 6 p.m. Thursday, June 24, 2021. A total of 109,636 positive cases of COVID-19 among Delaware residents have been reported to DPH since March […]




Dejoynay Ferguson Sentenced to Life In Prison for Murder, Abuse of Child Victims

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Friday, June 25, 2021

A Superior Court has sentenced a New Castle woman to life in prison for the repeated abuse and murder of a child, and the abuse of four other children in her care at a daycare facility where she was employed. Dejoynay Ferguson pleaded guilty in April to Murder by Abuse First Degree, 6 counts of […]







  Category: News

Every Public School Student Now Has Digital Access To Books

Delaware Libraries | Department of Education | News | Date Posted: Monday, June 28, 2021

With schools facing the challenge of unfinished learning due to the pandemic, the Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) is providing access to online books to every K-12 student in the state. Students can use their school credentials to read required and recreational digital books in the OverDrive Education Sora student reading app. Students also now have seamless access to age-appropriate popular ebooks and audiobooks from the Delaware Libraries’ OverDrive digital collection.




Work Based Learning & Jobs For Students And Adults With Disabilities

Governor's Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens | News | Date Posted: Monday, June 28, 2021

DEVELOPING AUTHENTIC CUSTOMIZED WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND JOBS FOR STUDENTS AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES: AN INTENSIVE ONLINE BOOT CAMP FOR EDUCATORS & EMPLOYMENT SPECIALISTS By George Tilson, Keith Bosco & Carol Burbank Sponsored by The Delaware Department of Education, Division for Developmental Disabilities Services, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and the Division for the Visually […]




2021 Diabetes Report Recommends Increasing Access to Programs and Establishing Delaware Diabetes Registry

News | Date Posted: Monday, June 28, 2021

DOVER, DE (June 28, 2021) – Increasing in-person and online access to diabetes programs and establishing a diabetes registry are key recommendations in The Impact of Diabetes in Delaware, 2021 report, delivered to the Delaware General Assembly Monday June 28. The biennial report was produced by Delaware’s Department of Health and Social Service’s Division of Public Health (DPH) and Division of […]




Weekly COVID-19 Update – June 25, 2021: Delaware Nears President Biden’s Vaccination Goal

News | Date Posted: Friday, June 25, 2021

DOVER (June 25, 2021) – The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is providing an update on the most recent statistics related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Delaware, as of 6 p.m. Thursday, June 24, 2021. A total of 109,636 positive cases of COVID-19 among Delaware residents have been reported to DPH since March […]




Dejoynay Ferguson Sentenced to Life In Prison for Murder, Abuse of Child Victims

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | News | Date Posted: Friday, June 25, 2021

A Superior Court has sentenced a New Castle woman to life in prison for the repeated abuse and murder of a child, and the abuse of four other children in her care at a daycare facility where she was employed. Dejoynay Ferguson pleaded guilty in April to Murder by Abuse First Degree, 6 counts of […]