Delaware Teachers Lead the Way on SEL: A Q&A with CASEL’s Linda Dusenbury
As a teacher, social and emotional learning is part of my daily life. Inside my classroom, we focus on developing students’ academic skills alongside holistic approaches to SEL.
This year, I was a member of the Rodel Teacher Council’s advocacy group that focused on social and emotional learning. Our goal: To kickstart a...
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...