This guide is part of the Delaware Department of Education's ongoing efforts to provide assistance and support to local school districts in their development of a standards-based curriculum. The guide details the essential skills and knowledge that elementary students must attain at each grade level in English language arts, mathematics, science,…

This guide to 25 Northeastern schools honored by the United States Department of Education Secondary Recognition Program in 1982-83 profiles the schools from the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Rhode Island. Each school is profiled through a description of the school, the community served, selected programs and…

These standards have been developed to provide a rationale and educational model for establishing Technology Education programs and for modifying Industrial Arts programs to reflect characteristics of technological systems. National curriculum theories and practices and Delaware's Educational Goals have provided the foundation for the development…

This guide is part of the Delaware Department of Education's ongoing efforts to provide assistance and support to local school districts in their development of a standards-based curriculum. The guide details the essential skills and knowledge that middle school students must attain at each grade level in English language arts, mathematics,…

The Delaware FIRST Program is designed to meet the needs of handicapped infants and toddlers through trained family day care providers. The program is based on a developmental family systems approach. It strives to provide families with ongoing support by offering mainstreamed family day care or respite care, by developing and/or facilitating an…

This document describes the Delaware approach to transition from the secondary vocational center to postsecondary education. A consortium of state legislators and state and local educators, the Delaware Consortium on Technical Preparation Programs (Tech Prep), has the following mission: establish lines of communication between participating…

Reports on a survey of school administrators and teachers regarding the relationship between the status of elementary social studies and the goal of personal development for the greater good of society. Finds that competition for resources, low student interest, and an uneven curriculum have pushed social studies to the background. (CFR)