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Read the latest on CEHD faculty, staff and programs featured in news publications. June 2025   Nancy Jordan The Building Blocks Of Math That Young Students Need To Excel — But Aren’t Always Getting, The Seattle Medium, June 10 Joshua Wilson Web Builder Statistics 2025: 1 in 3 Have Built a …

The daughter of a Guyanese immigrant and a mother who “believed in the magic of school,” University of Delaware alumna Maria D’Aguiar Cobb grew up knowing education could change lives. Now a third grade gifted services teacher at Mount Pleasant Elementary School in Wilmington and a recipient of the Presidential Award …

For University of Delaware alum Camila Polanco, EHD25, school was one of the first places where she learned how much it matters to feel seen, heard and valued—not only as a student, but as a whole person. After graduating this May, Polanco now hopes to use her dissertation work to …

Multilingual learners (ML), or children whose home language is not English, make up about 15% of all kindergarten and first grade students in U.S. public schools. Yet, many teachers receive little preparation in ML instruction, and many feel unprepared to support their ML’s languages, cultures and immigration experiences. To support …

Jasmin Bioteau attended her first University of Delaware classes virtually from home. Since then, Bioteau has built houses in Georgetown, Delaware, tutored elementary school students in reading in Baltimore, and helped farmers and restored rainforest in Puerto Rico. Bioteau, a senior honors chemistry and Spanish double major from Glenside, Pennsylvania, …

On May 22, 2025, the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) celebrated 518 degree candidates in the fields of education and human development at its Convocation ceremony at UD’s Field House. The ceremony recognized the participants of the Career and Life Studies Certificate (CLSC) program as …

Four members of the University of Delaware faculty were recognized for outstanding work in teaching and four for excellence in advising and mentoring. Additionally, two graduate students were also honored for excellence in teaching. The awards were presented at the May 13 Faculty Senate meeting. The teaching and advising awards …

Alexis Omar’s father, aunt and grandfather all earned University of Delaware degrees, so Blue Hen pride was instilled in her at a young age and reinforced throughout her youth. Visits to relatives in the First State from her home in Allentown, Pennsylvania, often prompted her dad to make a pit …

Many students seeking careers in agriculture grew up on or near a farm, but for Evyn Appel, a senior honors sustainable food systems major and the 2025 convocation speaker for the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, an interest in food systems grew while living in Center City Philadelphia. “Growing up, I was …

In partnership with the Delaware Association of School Administrators and the Delaware Department of Education (DDOE), the University of Delaware Partnership for Public Education and School Success Center (SSC), housed within the College of Education and Human Development, will host the 23nd annual Policy and Practice Institute from 8:00 a.m. …