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Only 5.8 percent of Delaware’s childcare centers are nationally accredited, compared to the national average of 9.8 percent. The National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies, 2011.
Delaware’s pupil-to-teacher ratio is 15.1, ranking below the national average of 15.3. National Center for Education Statistic, “Teachers, enrollment, and pupil/teacher ratios in public elementary and secondary schools,” November 2010.
Only about one-third of Delaware’s students are really prepared for college. Education Week, Quality Counts Database, 2011.
Delaware ranks 2nd among all states in the percentage of eligible children enrolled in kindergarten programs. Education Week, Quality Counts Database, 2011.

 

We’re Hiring!

Program Officer- Policy

The primary role of the position is to provide management, leadership, and support for Rodel and outside partners’ projects on education policy issues such as teacher quality, low-performing schools, and college enrollment.

Senior Program Officer- Communications and Public Engagement

We’re recruiting a candidate for a position responsible for initiating, implementing, and facilitating a comprehensive and strategic range of communications, outreach, and advocacy activities that strengthen the work of the Rodel Foundation and its principal program focus, Vision 2015.

Annual Report Published

Read our annual report t0 learn about our 2011 accomplishments, here.

Vision 2015 Five Year Report Published

Nearly two years after placing first in the federal Race to the Top grant competition, Delaware is in the midst of turning our public education system into one that our children can count on to prepare them for the future. Read Vision 2015′s Five Year report, here.

Race to the Top

In March 2010, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced Delaware as the first-place winner of Race to the Top, the federal government’s largest competitive grants program to improve public education. The win was an enormous gain for Delaware, resulting in a $119 million four-year grant and placing the state at the forefront of national education reform. Read more.