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While many high school graduates spend time this summer preparing to go college, others take a so-called ‘gap year’ with plans for some sort of sabbatical.Postponing the start of college for a year is becoming more common in the U.S. According to a survey from the nonprofit College Savings Foundation, more than 22% of students now consider gap time before post-secondary education.This week, Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon sits down with First State native Belin Tate, a freshman at Middlebury College in Vermont who recently took gap time, and President of the Gap Year Association Rae Nelson to discuss gap years.
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A bill to allow individuals who have committed a violent felony to apply for the SEED scholarship could not garner enough lawmaker support to move to the House floor.
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Three energy technologies programs – energy management, renewable energy solar, and building automation systems – will no longer be available to new students starting Fall 2024.
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The Brandywine School District Board is putting together a working group to come up with contract proposals for a new superintendent.
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The University of Delaware is mourning the death of former school president David Roselle.
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While the legislation passed the House Education Committee, House Floor and Senate Education Committee with bipartisan ease last legislative session, it has now stalled in the Senate.
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After residents recently voted down a referendum in the Cape Henlopen School District, another vote is scheduled for next month.
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The U.S. News and World Report ranks some graduate programs at the University of Delaware among the best in the nation.
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This week, The Green brings you the latest episode of Delaware Humanities’ podcast A More Just Delaware. The podcast examines pivotal moments and legislation related to hate, prejudice, and the fight for equal rights in Delaware.In this second episode, historian, writer, and Black history educator Kathy Trusty examines the landmark Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court decision, its connections to Delaware, and how using the courts to advance the cause of delivering equity in education continues.