Rodel’s Latest Data Guide and Our Priorities for the Year
Welcome to the 2018 edition of Delaware Public Education At A Glance, Rodel’s annual snapshot of data and trends from our public schools. In the spirit of unveiling, there’s no better time than now to share our priorities for the coming year—the areas where the Rodel team will spend our time and energy with our partners in the...
Treating the Cause, Not the Symptoms: What Education Can Learn from the Social Determinants of Health
Individual behaviors play a role in educational outcomes, but inequitable social and economic factors loom even larger.
We know that children of all backgrounds—including those from adverse environments—can find success in school and in life. But the stark, empirical reality tells us public education still mostly favors the haves over the...
Funding is Fundamental to Progress
With the state’s budget situation casting a cloud of uncertainty in education (and beyond), the time seems right to take a look at education funding through the lens of something that is more than certain—that student needs have changed drastically since our school funding formula was developed in the 1940s.
We often...
A Wholehearted Approach to Learning
A few years ago, my fellow members of the Vision Coalition and I began reaching out to Delawareans. We wanted to hear what they thought a well-educated young person would need to know and be able to do in the year 2025.
What we heard from more than 4,000 people was not surprising. People told us that better academics and improved test scores are...