Julia Merola
Reporter at Spotlight Delaware
Articles
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3 days ago |
spotlightdelaware.org | Julia Merola
Why Should Delaware Care? On Wednesday, Senate Education Committee members will vote on a bill that would require districts and charters to establish policies restricting cell phone usage and publish the policies on their websites before the start of the next school year. This is the first policy relating to phones inside classrooms since last year, when lawmakers approved $250,000 to test an expansion of cell phone pouches in middle and high schools.
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1 week ago |
spotlightdelaware.org | Julia Merola
Why Should Delaware Care? Local school boards are the governing authority for school districts. They are also designed to be a way for the general public to influence how schools work. In Delaware, May 13 is election day for boards of education throughout the state, and 11 of Delaware’s 19 school districts will be holding races. Delawareans throughout the state will have the opportunity to vote next week for board of education members at their local school districts.
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1 week ago |
spotlightdelaware.org | Julia Merola
Why Should Delaware Care? Gov. Matt Meyer included the goal of reforming the state’s public education funding formula before July during his “State of the State” address. But that goal has become more unlikely, as the commission tasked with studying Delaware’s public education funding formula did not vote to move forward with its new hybrid framework on Monday.
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2 weeks ago |
spotlightdelaware.org | Julia Merola
Why Should Delaware Care? The Public Education Funding Commission has been tasked with studying Delaware’s public education funding formula. Nearly six months after the resolution to establish the group was passed, the commission has given the first look at what a new funding formula could look like.
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2 weeks ago |
spotlightdelaware.org | Julia Merola
Our Delaware is a monthly series that will explore the history of communities and the institutions that serve them around the state. To suggest a potential topic for an upcoming feature, email Editor-In-Chief Jacob Owens. Why Should Delaware Care? For decades, the Jewish population in southern Delaware has worked to become a pillar of the Sussex County community. The county’s first synagogue only opened less than 30 years ago, and the Jewish community has only grown since its first Passover Seders.
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