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Voting in Tomorrow’s School Board Elections is What’s Most Important

News, Policy and Practice

May 7th, 2012

Delaware’s school board elections scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, May 8, have generated a lot more attention than in the past and my hope is that a lot more people go to the polls and vote (10am-8pm).    Our foundation’s mission is to help Delaware create world-class schools.  To that end, we worked with hundreds of parents, teachers, and...

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The Flattening World of Education: The launch of edX

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May 4th, 2012

Thomas Friedman famously opined that the world is flattening as providers of commerce gain equal footing in an increasingly globalized world. Leaving aside the positive and negative consequences of this reality, it appears that these forces are slowly moving into the education sphere, as evidenced by the recent launch of edX. The effort...

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Kudos to the DSEA, TFA, Moyer and WJBR

News, Policy and Practice

May 1st, 2012

In the flurry of emails, some just catch my eye.  This one certainly did.  It was an announcement that Laura Mayer, a high school teacher and Teach For America corps member at Maurice Moyer Academy, was recently named the DSEA & WJBR Teacher of the Month.  It caught my eye for a few reasons.  One, Rodel is a supporter of TFA and it was...

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