Public Interest Groups Demand Federal Regulators to Reject the Virginia Offshore Wind Project to Save the Right Whale Dominion Energy hiding critical information concerning the project's potential to destroy endangered North Atlantic right whale.   Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's Draft Environmental Impact Statement violates federal rules prohibiting human-caused killing of the right whale. NEWARK, DE (February 15, 2023)  - A coalition of public interest groups - The Hear

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   NEWARK, D.E.  –  Dr. Tanya Hettler, Ph.D. , Director of the  Center for Education Excellence  has produced an easy-to-read report that Delaware parents can now access and use to compare how their child's school performs on statewide tests versus other schools (public & charters).   The easy-to-read report is a comprehensive compilation of test scores from the Smarter Balanced Assessment and SAT for all public and charter schools for 2019 (pre-COVID-19)

2023 Legislative Priorities for Delaware K-12 Education By Dr. Tanya Hettler, Ph.D. Center for Education Excellence January 31, 2023     Delaware's  terrible scores  on the 2022  National Assessment of Educational Progress  (NAEP) have been big news since its release last fall. But it's more important now than ever to revisit how bad they really were because the 2023 Legislative Session has just started. The time is now for Delaware legislators to introduce and vote for bills

Governor Fails to Achieve His Own 'Vision for Delaware' By  Charlie Copeland , Director Center for Analysis of Delaware's Economy & Government Spending January 27, 2023     "I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education, and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits."  - Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize 1964 acceptance speech. INTRODUCTION   True leadership is more tha

Federal Agency Failing to Protect the Environment from Offshore Wind Until a strategy is complete on how to deal with the adverse impacts of operational noise, no offshore wind projects should be approved.   By  David T. Stevenson , Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy January 6, 2023 The  US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management  (BOEM) is responsible for completing an  Environmental Impact Statement  (EIS) for offshore wind and recommending approval or disapproval

All scores are the % of students performing at grade level or above on the test.   The test used for Elementary Schools  (ES)  and Middle Schools  (MS)  is  Smarter Balanced :  English Language Arts (ELA) and Math portions. The test used for High Schools (HS) is the  SAT :   the ELA, Math and Essay portions are highlighted in yellow. Charter Schools  (CS)  are listed beneath , with the schools in alphabetical order. Dashes (-) indicate that the Delaware Department of Educat

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Increased Education Spending not producing Educated Students By Dr. Tanya Hettler, Ph.D. Center for Education Excellence December 30, 2022     In the most recent U.S. Census Bureau data from 2020, as provided in the report " K-12 Education Spending Spotlight: An in-depth look at school finance data and trends " released by the Reason Foundation, Delaware ranked 13 th in the nation in the increase in education spending over the period from 2002-2020. This reflects an increa

Delaware Needs a 'Pick-me-up' How about a new song? By Charlie Copeland Center for Analysis of Delaware's Economy & Government Spending December 30, 2022     In 1925, Delaware's government anointed a state song , "Our Delaware," by an act of the General Assembly. According to Wikipedia, "Our Delaware" is derived from a 1904 poem by George Beswick Hynson , comprising three verses, each honoring one of Delaware's three counties.   After listening to Delaware's state song, it s