What to Make of the Small Jump in Delaware Public School Enrollment
As students head back to school, enrollment numbers and Delaware’s “unit count” begin to come into focus. Last year, we blogged about how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted enrollment in Delaware, and pointed out that in the 2020-21 school year, the state saw its first decline in public school enrollment in a decade—particularly in...
Thanks Luke! Delaware’s Heralded CTE Director Joins Biden-Harris Administration
Luke Rhine, formerly the associate secretary for workforce solutions at Delaware’s Department of Education (DDOE), has been swooped up by the Biden administration to take what he’s learned in the Mid-Atlantic to benefit the nation as Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Career, Technical and Adult...
Meet Sharece Sellem-Hannah
Hello! My name is Sharece Sellem-Hannah and I am very excited to join Rodel’s team of passionate education advocates and leaders. I’d like to start off by sharing what drew me to Rodel: the dedication to enhancing and expanding Delaware’s education landscape along with the commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Growing up in a...
What can Delaware learn from CNBC’s State Rankings for Business?
by Rod Ward and Paul Herdman
National rankings from a news organization that involve 88 metrics and a fair amount of subjective judgement always need to be taken with a pretty big grain of salt, but CNBC's America's Top States for Business sends signals to leaders both inside and outside the state, nationally and abroad, so we...