Neighborhood Schools Act – Delaware Liberal

Red Clay’s Latest Idea Will Create More Hardship For City Parents, Or… Red Clay Demonstrates, once again, how Clueless They Are

By pandora December 14, 20147 Comments

I had heard whispers about this for months. Kilroy spells it out: Red Clay's (RCCD) plan for two of its Priority Schools is to turn one (Shortlidge) into a K - 2 and the other one (Warner) into a 3 - 5 school. And while I'm no fan of the Neighborhood Schools Act (NSA), Kilroy points out that this move violates the NSA.

“Concerned Neighbors Of Cooke Elementary School” VS The Red Clay School Board

By pandora November 18, 201492 Comments

I plan on attending the RCCD school board meeting tomorrow night (7pm at Brandywine Springs Elementary School). This is going to be interesting, mainly because the Concerned Neighbors of Cooke…

So… Tom Gordon And Dennis P. Williams Wrote A Letter

By pandora April 3, 201380 Comments

I'm still mulling over this letter, and while I'm not sure exactly where this is headed, I am thrilled that someone is finally pointing out the problems with our city schools. The letter is inside, and as usual Kilroy has more thoughts here and here.

Education Segregation: Delaware Black Caucus Threatens To Sue

By pandora February 24, 201243 Comments

While Race to the Top may be the trigger, the re-segregation of our schools was well underway long before RTTT with the help of Choice, Neighborhood School's Law, and Charters. Jea Street spells it out: "The new millennium term is 'charter school' and 'choice school. I call it segregation. There are black charter schools and there are predominantly white charter schools. You can call it what you want, but it is what it is."