I have carefully read your education plan for Delaware multiple times. There are several aspects of your plan that I think would be extremely beneficial in improving Delaware public education.  These include...

The Caesar Rodney Institute (CRI)’s Center for Energy & Environmental Policy, alongside the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) and a coalition of policy experts and environmental advocates, is urging U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to immediately revoke letters of authorization permitting the incidental take of endangered and threatened marine species by offshore wind projects.

Letter to Secretary Secretary Burgum, United States Department of the Interior To read the document, please download the pdf below:

As the United States prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026, Delaware reflects on how it remembers one of its most important figures: Caesar Rodney.

Delaware Legacies:  Caesar Rodney vs. Joe Biden By Charlie Copeland, Director Caesar Rodney Institute January 14, 2025 (updated 3/20/2025)     "The du Ponts and [their early CFO John] Raskob made it Rodney Square. I'd like to create a Joe Biden-centered square. I can't think of a better way to honor the first Delawarean to be president of the U.S., who has served our country for 50 years."   --  Wilmington, DE, Mayor-elect John Carney, The Philadelphia Inquirer .       The ab

While Rodney Square was created by Pierre du Pont (of Longwood Gardens) and John Raskob (of Archmere School), dozens of local citizens were involved, and the effort transformed Wilmington into a center of commerce and global economic prosperity...

The state of Delaware has signed a Term Sheet1 and issued permits to US Wind to allow offshore wind power cables to come ashore at Delaware Seashore State Park just south of the Indian River Inlet Bridge. Power cables would then be laid underwater through the inland bays to Millsboro to connect to a substation near the Millsboro Indian River power generating plant...

About 26,000 students in Delaware, or 22% of publicly funded students, used open enrollment to attend a public school other than their assigned one. K-12 open enrollment, where students are allowed to change which public schools they attend, is an often overlooked school choice policy. While education savings accounts and vouchers attract the most attention, open enrollment helps many students attend schools that are the right fit, especially in blue states like Delaware...

Delaware's Decade of Poor Productivity is unlikely to change... no productivity gains equals no wage gains   By  Dr. John Stapleford Center for Economic Policy and Analysis Over a decade, Delaware has performed poorly on labor productivity and output per employee. The differences in labor productivity explains the differences in the state's business cycles and the persistence of the state's income inequality. With falling labor productivity and output per employee, it comes a

Delaware lags behind its neighbors and the national in its 2010 Census mail participation rate. This appears to be a repeat of the under participation that occurred in the 2000 Census. Currently, Delawares participation rate is 65%, compared to the national average of 68%. For the 2000 Census, Delawares rate was 68%, well behind the national average of 72%.