News List

  • CASTLE HIGHLIGHTS DELAWARE'S APPROACH TO LITERACY
    Nov 19, 2009  - Today, Delaware Congressman Mike Castle invited Dr. Sandra Meyers, the Delaware Department of Education's Reading First Director, to provide testimony about Delaware's comprehensive approach to literacy.  Dr. Meyers testified in the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondar... More
  • GAO FINDS OVERSIGHT LACKING AT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
    Nov 19, 2009  - The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a new report today highlighting weaknesses in the U.S. Department of Education’s oversight capabilities, resulting in limited controls to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse in the agency’s grant programs. This report comes in response to a r... More
  • CONGRESSMAN CASTLE HOLDS DELAWARE WORKS! A CAREER, SKILLS, AND NETWORKING EXPO
    Nov 2, 2009  - Today, Delaware Congressman Mike Castle hosted local businesses, career advisors and Delaware Secretary of Labor John McMahon for Delaware Works! A Career, Skills, and Networking Expo at Delaware Technical and Community College's Stanton Campus.  The expo brought together over 30 business and o... More
  • Delaware Works! A Career, Skills, and Networking Expo
    Oct 29, 2009  - Please join me on Monday, November 2, at Delaware Works!, a career, skills, and networking expo that will bring together a wide array of local employers and representatives from job training programs, as well as Delaware Secretary of Labor John McMahon to help Delawareans understand what job, career... More
  • CASTLE URGES CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION TO REDUCE YOUTH VIOLENCE
    Oct 8, 2009  - Yesterday, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder met in Chicago to discuss youth violence in light of the recent beating death of a 16-year-old honor student caught in the middle of a gang fight.  Delaware Congressman Mike Castle, an advocate for youth viole... More
  • DELAWARE DELEGATION CONGRATULATES MARBROOK ELEMENTARY
    Sep 15, 2009  - Delaware's Congressional delegation, Sens. Tom Carper and Ted Kaufman (both D-Del.) and Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.), issued the following statement after U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan's announcement that Delaware's Marbrook Elementary School will receive the 2009 Blue Ribbon Award of Excell... More
  • Youth Promise Act, other measures aim for safer learning environments (The Hill)
    Sep 15, 2009  - As the school year begins, we are reminded that our children deserve the best chance at success in the classroom and beyond. Our schools should be safe havens for teaching and learning, free of crime and violence. It is simply unreasonable to think that our kids can learn in an unsafe or threatening... More
  • Youth Promise Act, other measures aim for safer learning environments (The Hill)
    Sep 15, 2009  - As the school year begins, we are reminded that our children deserve the best chance at success in the classroom and beyond. Our schools should be safe havens for teaching and learning, free of crime and violence. It is simply unreasonable to think that our kids can learn in an unsafe or threatening... More
  • CASTLE RECOGNIZES DELAWARE EDUCATOR
    Jul 30, 2009  - Today, Congressman Mike Castle met with Michael Feldman, a civics and government teacher from Smyrna High School, who is participating in the House of Representative's Historians Office 'House Fellows Program.'  Mr. Feldman has been teaching for 11 years at his alma mater and is currently representi... More
  • CASTLE URGES DELAWARE EDUCATORS TO SHARE COMMENTS
    Jul 23, 2009  - Tomorrow, the Administration will begin accepting public comments for Race To The Top. This $5 billion program was created under the State Fiscal Stabilization fund (SFSF) portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  Beginning in October, the Administration will begin accepting app... More