Wilmington News Journal

The state Human Relations Commission is investigating a complaint from an Indian River School District parent who said her 10-year-old daughter's teacher told her class she would not vote for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama because he is Muslim.

Delaware students may be able to start learning a foreign language as early as kindergarten if recommendations made by a state commissioned task force go into effect.

A bold vision exists for a world-class school system in this state. Does Delaware have the political will to make it a reality?  Delaware public schools -- which, fairly or not, have an undistinguished reputation -- are making gains, but as a growing number of educators, parents, students, business leaders and elected officials attest, greater potential exists.

Penn prof's book aims to ignite math ideas
PHILADELPHIA -- A few years ago, Dennis DeTurck, an award-winning professor of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania, stood at an outdoor podium on campus and proclaimed "Down with fractions!"

Bored and frustrated, some gifted students may earn poor grades because they have grown apathetic about their school work or because they lack the study skills they never needed to acquire to keep up as younger learners, advocates of gifted students say. "Clearly there's a problem there," said Jill Adrian of the Davidson Institute for Talent Development,

New Wilmington charter middle school targeting minority students expected to open in August

UD forum on now-scrapped diversity training draws about 50
Their thoughts were mixed. Some students said the program should be nixed all together, noting that as independent adults, students shouldn't be forced into a dialogue.

NEWARK -- Julie Hagerty waited 18 years for the 2006 elections -- finally she could vote. When the day came, she was ready to celebrate. But the day that meant so much to Hagerty meant little to classmates and friends at the University of Delaware.

Household paint top lead threat for Del. kids
About 35,000 older houses in Wilmington area are high-risk

Former Christina superintendent feuding with members of his new school board
Relations have soured between Joseph Wise, the former Christina superintendent blamed by many for the district's multimillion dollar deficit, and some members of his new school board in Florida.

Girl's expulsion for having razor blade at school called too harsh

Bilingual education helps integrate fast-growing Hispanic population

International studies a key part of Appoquinimink curriculum

The shootings of two DSU students Friday cast the school in a harsh national light for the second time in six weeks

No one told teacher Barbara Finnan she had to buy $50 worth of chewing gum for her pupils at Baltz Elementary School.