In April, a bill in Delaware’s General Assembly proposed a moratorium on new charter school applications and modifications to existing charters in New Castle County– while setting up advisory group to look at the application and modification process.That bill was amended to avoid torpedoing pending applications and still awaits action – leaving the state room to consider several modification requests this spring.Contributor Larry Nagengast reports on those requests and how they fared this week.

Despite a variety of efforts to address the opioid crisis, overdose deaths in the First State rose sharply in 2021.And one group - atTAcK addiction – suggests its time to try some new approaches to combat this issue, specifically creating overdose prevention centers.Earlier this week – we sat down with atTAcK Addiction board member Dave Humes to discuss the sites and the group’s decision to advocate for them.

The Delaware Theatre Company in Wilmington recently unveiled the schedule for its 2022/2023 Season.And in this week’s Arts Playlist, Delaware Theatre Company managing director Matt Silva joins with Delaware Public Media’s Kelli Steele to discuss what audiences can expect.

From time to time, we like to highlight work from student journalists at both the high school and college level.Delaware Public Media partners with McKean and Mount Pleasant High Schools in the Red Clay and Brandywine school districts, as well as Polytech High School in Kent County to expose students to radio journalism.And in this week’s Enlighten Me, we bring you recent stories from students in the radio career pathway at Mount Pleasant High.

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A recent report by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education ranks Delaware low when it comes to access to preschool when compared to other states nationally.Delaware Public Media's Joe Irizarry spoke with the institute's founder and senior co-director Steve Barnett about Delaware's ranking, how it can improve and if actions promised by the governor can make a difference.

The Biggs Museum of American Art in Dover is getting a new director.Michael Dudich takes over on July 1st and joins Delaware Public Media’s Kelli Steele on this week’s Arts Playlist to discuss the job and his plans for the Biggs.

This week – we bring you episode 2 of the Delaware Humanities’ podcast: A More Perfect Union.The podcast explores the concept of “identity” in Delaware - and this second episode focuses on health and the environment.

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There could be some changes coming to the list of federal Superfund sites in Delaware.The Superfund program is designed to clean up some of worst contaminated sites nationwide – including here in the First State. The list of sites in Delaware current sits at 15 – but that could change as the Environmental Protection Agency is suggesting two be removed from its National Priorities List – while another one is added.Contributor Jon Hurdle takes a closer look at these proposed changes.