Education – Delaware Liberal

Guest Post: The Property Reassessment Controversy

By El Somnambulo July 29, 202525 Comments

By Mediawatch: Like you, I’m still trying to figure out who should be in the crosshairs. A couple of things going on here: 1. There was minimal uproar last year…

Delaware’s Education System: The Fat Guy In Little White Coat Syndrome

By El Somnambulo February 21, 202518 Comments

Guest Post By Salty Peanut: Delaware’s education system isn’t just outdated—it’s bursting at the seams, stretched beyond capacity, and one wrong move away from complete collapse. It’s not just poorly…

Margie Lopez Waite: A Walking, Talking Conflict of Interest

By El Somnambulo August 21, 202413 Comments

Guest Post By The One-And-Only Kevin Ohlandt Of Exceptional Delaware. In the 27th State Rep. District, incumbent Eric Morrison will have a primary against Margie Lopez-Waite on September 10th. I…

What/Who Is First State Educate/First State Action Fund, And Why Have They Hired A Convicted Felon As Executive Director?

By El Somnambulo August 10, 202322 Comments

Oh, and not just any convicted felon, but one who ran afoul of the law while destroying Puerto Rico's public schools? All in due time... It looks like First State…

How the Counties Have Screwed the Schools By Failing to Reassess Property

By Alby May 14, 20203 Comments

Property taxes in Delaware are a mess. Everyone who pays any attention to this wonky subject knows that it's been more than 30 years since any of the state's counties…

“Our State Has Decided to Allow Our Children to Become Transgenders”

By Alby November 8, 201713 Comments

That's the opinion of one man, anyway, State Rep. Rich Collins, R-Bedrock, who vows not to let it happen on his watch. WXDE's Rob Petree, who interviewed Collins, cited the…

Won’t Someone Think of the Children?

By Alby October 31, 201711 Comments

Wilmington City Council has been a backwater of favoritism and incompetence for so long that most of us ignore it, so it was easy to think it would molder out…

Delaware finally has a budget. Now let’s consolidate the schools

By Rob Tornoe July 5, 20175 Comments

Saving money isn't the only reason consolidating Delaware's 19 school districts makes sense.

Mark Murphy Blames Teachers’ Union For His Failure to Totally Destroy Public Education in Delaware

By El Somnambulo April 12, 20178 Comments

Whoa. We all had a pretty good idea that Markell's 'torch' wanted to burn public education in Delaware to the ground. Here, in this New York Magazine blog, Delaware's former…

Should Delaware Consolidate Its School Districts

By nemski February 3, 201714 Comments

The Joint Finance Committee met the other day to discuss Delaware's Department of Education budget, the Delaware State News reported. Sadly, even though Delaware spends over $1 billion dollars on education, it doesn't seem like much happened.

How Democrats Created Betsy DeVos

By El Somnambulo January 22, 20176 Comments

While educators and politicians throughout the land are recoiling at the notion of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education, Democrats created her. Or someone like her. The Democratic Party's embrace of corporate education, corporate textbooks, corporate testing and corporate-sponsored 'education reform' is what led to this.

UD President Absent from Presidents’ Letter to Trump

By nemski January 18, 20174 Comments

A letter from college and university presidents to President-Elect Trump asks Trump “to condemn and work to prevent the harassment, hate, and acts of violence that are being perpetrated across our nation”.

The Settlement Between Christina and Charters Should Stand

By Brian December 8, 20164 Comments

The Short: Christina School District, DOE, and the general public gain previously non-existent oversight on how Charter Schools spend restricted money they are conditionally entitled to at a cost to the District of $150,000 (a one time payment to be divided equally among all 15 Plaintiff Charter Schools) plus the District's legal fees. Now, if you're interested in the gritty details, come on inside and get comfortable, it's a long read.