Delaware state Sen. Dave Sokola talks Wilmington school reform
Governor Carney has made it his mission to reform five high-poverty, low-performing Wilmington schools that are in the Christina School District. State Senator Dave Sokola, chairman of the Senate Education Committee, is here to discuss the issues facing Wilmington’s schools.
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