The Power of Place: Q&A with Evelyn Edney of Early College High School @ DSU
Dr. Evelyn Edney and her faculty like to joke about the 79,000 hats on the wall of her office, one for each duty she must perform as head of a small but growing—in both size and impact—charter school in Dover.
Since 2015, Edney has led the Early College High School at Delaware State University, a public charter high school...
Making Sense of the Federal Education Budget
On March 23, Congress approved, and President Trump signed, a $1.3 trillion appropriations bill that will fund the federal government through September 30, 2018.
This funding bill wasn’t easy to come by—it took several short-term extensions to fund the government, as well as a two-year deal on the overall budget caps.
The Rodel...
New English Course Could Alleviate Remediation
In 2017, Delaware’s Department of Education revealed that more than 40 percent of high schoolers weren’t graduating with the skills needed to do college-level coursework—including 24 percent who weren’t ready for college-level English. The fallout? Thousands of students who wind up in remedial courses, which cost money and don't...
What’s the Lay of Delaware’s Postsecondary Prep Landscape?
How well is Delaware really preparing students for life after graduation? We know there are many outstanding in-school and out-of-school programs and support services up and down the state, but what are our strongest assets? Our biggest opportunities to improve? Rodel is just one of several partners dedicated to finding answers to these...