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Perfect Storm 2009 Dune Damage & Flooding Bethany Beach, DE

Several storms converge over the East Coast to make "the perfect storm."... more

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Obama Welcomes Home Fallen Soldiers

President Barack Obama made a midnight dash to this air base Wednesday to honor the... more

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Delaware 1st grader has 45-day suspension lifted

BEAR, Del. — A Delaware first-grader who was facing 45 days in an alternative... more

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The Associated Press: Del. GOP rep to seek Biden's former Senate seat

WILMINGTON, Del. — Nine-term Delaware Republican congressman Michael Castle will... more

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Project C.H.A.N.C.E. - Big Round Rock

Project C.H.A.N.C.E. – Big Round Rock Project C.H.A.N.C.E. - Children's... more

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Northeast States Have Taken Medical Marijuana Higher Than Ever

Now Delaware has joined a handful of Northeastern states considering legalizing the... more

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Delaware Senate bill would legalize medical marijuana

If passed, Henry's bill would: • Limit patients to six ounces of marijuana a... more

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I Hate Your State. Part 1

I hate Alabama through Kansas.

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Media Witness Return of Fallen Airman (photos)

Media witnessed a Sunday night ceremony for the arrival of a Virginia airman killed in... more

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Woman arrested for sex with 3 teen boys

Angela Groesbeck, 27-year-old local woman from Laurel, Delaware, has been arrested for... more

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Joe Biden Votes

The Delaware senator voted shortly before 9 a.m. EST Tuesday at a private school about... more

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One nation under debt

Danny Schechter: We need to stop all foreclosures. Part 2 In part two of our... more

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Homeland Security High: New Trend in Charter Schools

A new career charter high school in Wilmington, Del., set to open in the fall of 2010, has been criticized for its focus on preparing students in homeland security careers. The Department of Homeland Security, which includes the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, is looked upon by some as an oppressive arm of the government.

According to news reports, the charter school will forego college prep curriculum for such courses as weapons training. But Attorney Thomas Little, the project manager for the school, the Delaware Academy for Public Safety and Security (DAPSS), said the school is grounded in a college preparatory curriculum and will offer no weapons training.

With an 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. school day, DAPSS will offer training in a number of areas including “first responder” careers such as fire, police, paramedic, emergency room, nursing and water rescue. It will also prepare students for careers in airport and port security, border guard, prison guard, heavy equipment operation and the U.S. military.

Little said that at the start of the junior year, students would be able to volunteer for two years of drug testing. If cleared, they will be able to go directly into fire and police academies right after graduation.

Still, Little said, the intent of the school is to extend the inner city students’ academic horizons. “We know these kids are the toughest. We want to make them tough and smart,” he said.

Whenever possible, Little said the college prep curriculum will reflect the career mission of the school. “In history, one of the courses could be on the culture of honor, what protecting the tribe was about from the Greeks to the Samurai warrior,” he said. The senior year could include a course on the law of first response, including workers compensation, federal work safety standards and union grievance.

During the hour of physical education, students will also get training in areas useful for entering security and safety careers. In the fall, the school will offer rowing and swimming, and students will speak Spanish during the period. In the winter, the students will walk and run cross-country and speak Arabic. In the spring it will be track and field, and Chinese will be the language of the hour.

The school will also offer martial arts training, and field separate female and male judo teams, and possibly teams in debating and mock trial.

School organizers got a boost in June with the release of a long-term study of nine career academies that showed that eight years after graduation, students from career schools earned $2,088 more annually than students from other schools. Male at-risk students earned 17 percent more than other students.

The study by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corp. showed that 12th grade career academy students were more likely to remain in school, attend more regularly and earn more credits toward graduation. The career schools included academics, career studies, mentoring and work experience. Participants in the study were mainly black and Hispanic. When the study began in 1993, there were only about 500 career academies nationwide. Today there are more than 2,500.

The career academy planned for Wilmington will have a military orientation. Students will be called cadets, wear uniforms and be subject to a disciplinary system similar to that of fire and police academies and the U.S. military.

Headmaster Bruce Holaday of a military charter school in Oakland, Calif., said that military schools suffer from the stereotypes of drill sergeants and shaved heads. But, he said, “It is in how one understands the word, discipline. It is most associated with punishment and means painful, stern and harsh, laced with punishment. That is not what the word means in our school.”
*continues*A new career charter high school in Wilmington, Del., set to open in the fall of 2010,... more

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Tractor-Trailer plunges from Chesapeake Bay Bridge

A tractor-trailer crashed Sunday on the eastbound Bay Bridge and plunged into the... more

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Delaware GOP Member Booted for Supporting Obama

Delaware Republican Jan Ting pays the price for supporting Barack Obama

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Leviathan powers your home with every flush

Hydroelectric power is generated when moving water passes through turbines. Why stick... more

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Ebay Sues Craigslist

The online auction giant eBay is suing the popular internet community ad site... more

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18-Year-Old Charged in Delaware State Shooting

Police arrested an 18-year-old man in the shooting of two students at Delaware State... more

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