What Will Delaware’s Children Need to Know in 2025?
Today’s The News Journal includes an op-ed written by Ernie Dianastasis, Chair of the Vision Coalition of Delaware‘s Leadership Team. Our President and CEO also serves on the Coalition’s Leadership...
View ArticleQuality Funds Awarded to Delaware for Infant and Toddler Care
Building on recent state efforts to strengthen early learning support, Delaware earned $5.5 million dollars last week from a federal Early Head Start grant opportunity to help support high quality,...
View ArticleJoin the Conversation on Early Childhood Learning
Few will argue that Delaware’s young children are the key to the state’s future prosperity. Today’s toddlers are tomorrow’s leaders, after all. That’s why it’s so important to provide each child with...
View ArticleRodel Teacher Newsletter: Kicking Off the School Year
Kick off the school year with some great events, resources, and tips from the latest edition of the Rodel Teacher Newsletter: Create a Student-Powered Project with THINK IT UP. In partnership with...
View ArticleLooking Forward to the 8th Annual Conference on Education
Classrooms are changing and students are learning in new and different ways. As a parent, I am energized to hear about the great things happening in our schools. I’ve seen my daughter study for her AP...
View ArticleStriving for Social-Emotional Success
By Michelle Wilson, Rodel Teacher Council A few weeks ago, Tricia Dallas, my colleague on the Rodel Teacher Council, wrote a post about the importance of social emotional learning in her preschool...
View ArticleUD Club Provides Support for Delaware Kids
The University of Delaware (UD) has hundreds of clubs, or Resident Student Organizations (RSOs) on campus. One RSO in particular echoes Delaware efforts, as well as national efforts, to serve and help...
View ArticleDecoding Gov. Markell’s Final State of the State Address
In his final State of the State address (titled “Expecting More”) as leader of the First State, Governor Jack Markell devoted significant airtime to public education. Touching on everything from career...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Cheryl Clendaniel on Supporting Tiered Reimbursement
Ed’s note: Earlier this month, Gov. Jack Markell proposed his annual fiscal state budget–and of the $4.1 billion in total, about $11.3 million was requested to further early childhood education in...
View ArticleStrength in Numbers at Early Childhood Conference
By Michelle Wilson, kindergarten teacher at Booker T. Washington Elementary School, and member of the Rodel Teacher Council. As co-chair of the Birth–Grade 3 Alignment Committee under the Delaware...
View ArticleWhat do Budget Cuts Mean for Students and Schools?
The Joint Finance Committee has already made and continues to face difficult decisions this year—especially as revenue projections trend downward and significant gaps remain in our state budget. Some...
View ArticleEducation is Front and Center at Legislative Hall
One look at our Legislative Monitor says it all: Education was front and center this year in the Delaware General Assembly. It was also a tough financial year, one plagued by continued revenue...
View Article148th General Assembly Education Report
On June 30th, the Delaware Legislature concluded the second half of the 148th General Assembly. This year legislators faced a challenging budget cycle with a significant revenue shortfall for Fiscal...
View ArticleWhy Quality Public Schools Benefit Us All
It’s not just kids, parents, and teachers who feel the impact of our public schools. If you’re a citizen of Delaware, then you are—in one way or another—affected by our state’s education system. Scroll...
View ArticleWhat Delaware education can learn from the Urban League National Conference
The 2016 Urban League National Conference in Baltimore brought together political, business, and community leaders to provide attendees with professional, civic engagement, and networking...
View ArticleDigging Deeper: 4 Chronic Opportunity Gaps that High-Needs Kids Face
From pre-k through postsecondary, many minority and “high-need” student populations miss out on critical milestones that would prepare them for postsecondary success. High-needs students may be...
View ArticleTeacher Newsletter – November 2016
Rodel Teacher Newsletter is a resource for Delaware’s teachers to learn about teacher leadership opportunities across the state, nation, and world. View this email in your browser Rodel Teacher...
View Article10 Education Stories We Loved in 2016
As 2016 winds to a close, the team at Rodel looked back and gathered some of our favorite and most momentous education stories of the year. What was your favorite? Comment below. A Jolt of...
View ArticleThird-grade Literacy’s Enormous Impact on Life
Third-grade literacy has an enormous impact on a child’s life. Research indicates that third grade is a critical turning point for students. A child who can read on grade level by third grade is four...
View ArticleClose the Word Gap and Build Stronger Brains with Language Nutrition
Differences in the size of a child’s vocabulary first appear at 18 months—and are correlated with education and income. Dana Suskind, author of the book “Thirty Million Words: Building a Child’s...
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