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WikiHouse FirstState Builds Refugee Housing Relief

January 21st, 2016

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(Editor's note: This article was submitted by five members of the WikiHouse FirstState Team at Mount Pleasant High School: Jeffrey Wilson, Zach Galbraith, Julian Kukulich, Nate Nickerson, and CJ Lyons. Check them out online at their website or on Twitter, and consider donating to their cause at GoFundMe.) WikiHouse FirstState is the world’s...

Rodel Teacher Council Member Spotlight: Jermaine Williams

November 23rd, 2015

Author: Rachel Wiggans Chan

Two days before our visit to Jermaine Williams’ classroom, I received the following email: That’s right, Chef Williams was inviting me to join his class and truly experience what it’s like to be a culinary student at St. Georges Technical High School. There would even be a uniform! Obviously, I accepted the challenge. When we arrived at...

Rodel Teacher Council Member Spotlight: Michelle Wilson

November 20th, 2015

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By Rachel Wiggans Chan and Neil Kirschling After hearing Principal Dale Brown speak passionately about the ongoing work at Booker T. Washington (BTW) Elementary School during the 8th Annual Vision Coalition Conference on Education, we headed to Dover to see how the work is translating in Michelle Wilson’s “Libergarten” classroom. Principal...

Rodel Teacher Council Member Spotlight: Shani Benson

October 21st, 2015

Author: Rachel Wiggans Chan

If you haven’t heard of Flocabulary yet, you should check them out immediately. Rodel Teacher Council member Shani Benson first introduced me to Flocabulary--sort of a "Schoolhouse Rock!" for the modern era--when we rocked out to “Three Branches of Government” during a visit to Shani's class at South Dover Elementary School last week...