Solutions for Wilmington schools Article by Jordan Howell Photo illustration by Jeffrey C. Chase December 11, 2020
Education and policy specialists from UD support commission to improve schooling in Delawareâs largest city
On a chilly autumn night last November, a diverse group of educators, policy makers, researchers and community leaders gathered to discuss one of the most complicated and long-standing problems in Delaware: how to reform under-achieving schools in the city of Wilmington and New Castle County, and how to address educational inequities that disproportionately affect students of color.
This was the third meeting of the Redding Consortium for Educational Equity, a special committee created by the Governor and General Assembly, and presenting that night on his school turnaround research was Gary Henry, who had just been recently appointed dean of the University of Delawareâs College of Education and Hum