Why We Need to Dig Deep on Social-Emotional Learning Together
Close your eyes for a moment and think about one of your favorite teachers from grade school. What do you remember? Chances are, you remember as much about how they taught as what they taught. You remember that classroom’s environment and how that teacher made you feel. Inspired. Energized. Safe. Creative.
As we’ve...
Mastering the Art of Competency-Based Learning: Q&A with KnowledgeWorks
Virgel Hammonds and Abbie Forbus are two leaders behind KnowledgeWorks, a group that partners with national policymakers and local learning communities to redesign classrooms to become more learner-centered. The basic idea is progress and grading that's based on proficiency or mastery, rather than seat time and averaged...
Meet Tiffany Trawick
Hello! My name is Tiffany Trawick and I am excited to join the Rodel Foundation of Delaware as an operations assistant.
I was born in Wilmington and moved at age nine to New Jersey where I lived until shortly after the birth of my first child. It was at that time I realized I wanted a more carefree environment for my family so we decided to...
5 Reasons You Should Care About the 2020 Census
The census is an official count of the U.S. population that takes place every 10 years. The next census is right around the corner in 2020, which we know will capture an increasingly diverse population of approximately 330 million people.
What may seem like boring, boilerplate people-counting is actually darn important. Here’s...