Meet Bridgette Boody
Hi there!
My name is Bridgette Boody, and I am thrilled to join the team at Rodel as a policy associate. As a proud Delaware public school alumna, returning to Delaware is an exciting opportunity for me to work in an area close to my heart and my interests.
After graduating from high school, I left Delaware to attend Penn State. While there, I...
Discovering Passion Projects through Dual School: Interview with Stephanie Diggins
Dual School, a pilot initiative modeled after High Tech High in California, is becoming a phenomenon in Delaware. This innovative and empowering program exemplifies “learning by doing.”
Instead of lectures and worksheets, students spend a semester digging in on a problem plaguing their community (or the world at large) from immigration to...
“It’s difficult because I have no one to talk to”—English Learner Students Share their Stories
Being a student is a very broad concept. Each of us experience school and life differently. As a result, we cannot assume a student’s struggles or successes come from the same place.
During my journey from Venezuela to William Penn High School, I got to meet peers from the most diverse backgrounds; some from Turkey...
A Big Step Forward for the Rodel Teacher Council
It was a banner year for the Rodel Teacher Council (RTC). In previous years, we conducted some pretty serious research on personalized learning, and then took our knowledge and turned it into informative briefs, reports, and even workshops for our fellow teachers.
This year was different. We wanted to turn our expertise into action; good...