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Item Child Poverty Policy in Delaware: A Focus on Education(Institute for Public Administration, Wilmington Education Improvement Commission, 2019-04) Rich, Dan; Sherretz, Kelly L.; Qaissaunee, Haley; Missan, MarissaThis policy brief by the Institute for Public Administration wasprepared for the Wilmington Education Improvement Commission (the Commission) to serve as an overview of the changing conditions of child poverty and the resulting educational outcomes for students. This brief is an update to the 2017 publication, Child Poverty Policy in Delaware: A focus on Health and Education. The analysis includes a review of recent state legislation and policy decisions that impact child poverty and education.Item Delaware Head Start Collaboration Office and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships Needs Assessment(Institute for Public Administration, 2021-10-21) Sherretz, Kelly; Kelly, Christopher; Qaissaunee, Haley; Beebe, MichaelThe Institute for Public Administration (IPA) at the University of Delaware conducted a needs assessment for the Delaware Head Start Collaboration Office and the First Start Delaware Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships (EHS-CCP). The purpose of this needs assessment was to help these organizations meet federal Head Start reporting requirements and determine strategies to better serve Delaware children and families. This needs assessment provides a landscape analysis of HS and EHS programs in Delaware, analyzes results from a survey distributed to all Head Start and Early Head Start center and program directors in the state, and provides supplemental information from follow- up interviews.Item Delaware’s Early Childhood System & the Economy: Benefits & Barriers to High-Quality Early Childhood Education and Childcare(Institute for Public Administration, 2019-05) Sherretz, Kelly L.; Moore, Leann; Qaissaunee, HaleyHigh-quality early childhood education and childcare have substantial benefits for Delaware kids, families, and the economy.Item Educational Opportunity Disparities in Delaware, 1992–2019(Institute for Public Administration, 2020-10) Bruch, Sarah; Qaissaunee, Haley; Wrease, AlexisFor over a quarter century, Delaware has witnessed consistent, sizable educational opportunity disparities for students with low-income status, English-learner status (EL), or disability status and for students who are Black and Hispanic. This brief uses average test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) as measures of educational opportunity. Test scores reflect the educational opportunities to learn that are available to students in their schools and communities. While measuring student outcomes is an important strategy for holding schools and districts accountable for student success, we must understand that disparities in academic achievement reflect historical and current day structural inequities. Acknowledging structural inequities helps ensure that achievement differences are not viewed as the result of individual student deficits and instead focuses attention on ensuring that systems are designed for all students to thrive.Item Purchase of Care 101(Institute for Public Administration, 2019-05) Sherretz, Kelly L.; Moore, Leann; Qaissaunee, HaleyThe Purchase of Care (POC) Program in Delaware is a subsidy that provides support for early childhood and after-school education for children from birth through age 12 living within 185 percent of the Federal Poverty Limit. Funding for POC comes from federal and state sources, which help low-income families pay for their child care so that parents or guardians can work or receive workforce training. As indicated in the pie chart, Delaware’s POC funding comes almost equally from federal and state sources. The Delaware Division of Social Services (DSS) is responsible for setting the standards and distributing the benefit to Delawareans.Item Sussex County Vocational Technical School District Program Review and Analysis(Institute for Public Administration, 2022-09) Qaissaunee, Haley; Sherretz, Kelly L.; Laux, Brendan; DeMaio, JennaAt the request of the Sussex County Vocational Technical School District, the Institute for Public Administration at the University of Delaware produced this report to analyze the career and technical education (CTE) programs in the district and provide key takeaways and recommendations the district can use for strategic planning. The Sussex County Vocational Technical School District is comprised of one high school, Sussex Technical High School (Sussex Tech). This analysis will assist district leaders and school board members with determining the best CTE programs to offer, help the district plan for expanded seats, and ensure all students who attend Sussex Tech are prepared to excel in their career or college path.Item Wilmington Community Asset and Resource Mapping: An Analysis of the Resources Available to Resident of the City of Wilmington, Delaware(2018-05) Rich, Dan; Sherretz, Kelly; Qaissaunee, Haley; Micek, Melissa; Holland, ChesterThe Wilmington Education Improvement Commission (Commission) aims to provide recommendations to improve the lives of families and children in Delaware. The Meeting the Needs of Students in Poverty Committee was created by the Commission and tasked with developing a comprehensive plan for the integration of services for low income families and their children and schools with high concentrations of poverty (Wilmington Education Improvement Commission, 2016). A key step in this effort is to evaluate current Wilmington community assets and resources and the extent to which they serve the needs of low income families. This research brief summarizes the first stage of a resource mapping project that focuses on determining what public and nonprofit community resource institutions are in Wilmington, what types of services they provide, who they serve, where they are located, and how their location and operation corresponds to the needs of the city’s children and low income families. The University of Delaware’s Institute for Public Administration conducted research, provided staff support, and created this brief on behalf of the Commission and the committee. The full report on the first stage of this research will be posted to the Commission’s website: www.solutionsfordelawareschools.com