Why Are You Running? The Race for School Board Leadership is On
If you have attended local school board meetings, you’ll know they can be thoughtful, productive, policy-focused, and decisive. They also can be long, tedious, weed-strewn, raucous, and frustrating. Were it not for the significant responsibilities that board members have for the quality of our schools, one might wonder why anyone would...
Down and Out in Laurel: State names financial recovery team for school district
News that the state had named a financial recovery team to help manage Laurel School District’s finances was not wholly unexpected. The district, which now expects a $106,000 budget shortfall for the current fiscal year, has been steadily sounding alarm bells about its dire fiscal predicament over the past several months, including the...
Announcing iEducate Delaware
This blog post was written by Sara Brosious, winner of our "Name the Campaign," an initiative to seek public input to name our recognition campaign.
Hi, I’m Sara: mom, teacher, wife, and creator of the name of Rodel Foundation of Delaware’s recognition program iEducate Delaware™. Teaching and learning have always been a core element...
What Delaware’s Mid-year Race to the Top Evaluation Tells Us
This week, the Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) released a mid-year “progress report” on Race to the Top reforms. The report includes statewide DCAS data, as well as highlights from the mid-year performance evaluations of the students in twelve districts (districts participated or not based on the size of their grant and/or their past...