Our Partnership Zone Schools: Let’s Prove What’s Possible
Earlier this month, six new Partnership Zone schools were announced. The question is will we at the state and local levels make the tough calls needed to ensure that these schools fundamentally change course? This is our collective opportunity to do something powerful in these communities—to prove that the kids in these neighborhoods can...
Rodel Welcomes Wayne Holden as New Board Chair
It’s my pleasure to welcome Wayne Holden as the new Chair of the Board of the Rodel Foundation of Delaware. Wayne has served on our board in many key roles—including Vice Chair, Treasurer, and chair of our Governance Committee—since 1999 when the foundation was established by the Budinger family.
A longtime civic and...
Partnership Zone School (Round 2) Profile: Stanton Middle School
On September 1st, 2011, Secretary Lowery and the Department of Education announced the 6 schools chosen to participate in round 2 of the statewide Partnership Zone Initiative (for more information about the Partnership Zone, see our previous blogs). This blog is the last of a six part series detailing these six schools (Bancroft Elementary, Bayard...
Delaware Students Lag Nationally, Internationally; Potential Remains
Fewer than one-third of Delaware high school graduates meet international standards reading and mathematics, placing Delaware below the US average, below neighboring states, and in line with countries including Latvia, Hungary, Poland, and Estonia. However, we compete with the top 10 countries in reading, so are positioned to be competitive in the...