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Dominique Baker, associate professor in the College of Education and Human Development’s School of Education, spoke with Culture Study Podcast about student loans as a normalized “culture” within and outside of higher education and what it would take to change that culture. Listen to the Podcast News mentions  Student Loans …

Dominique Baker, associate professor in the College of Education and Human Development’s School of Education, was featured on Vox’s Today, Explained podcast. She spoke about colleges requiring applicants to submit standardized test scores again after a four-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Listen to the Podcast News mentions  Bringing back …

Back when he was a fledgling pharmacist, John Oluwadero learned all about the power of medicine to help people. Later in life, as a youth advocate in Nigeria, he saw how well-crafted government policies could also be powerful prescriptions for curing the social ills that surrounded him. He would also …

Several outlets recently featured  Henry May’s evaluation of Reading Recovery, a popular literacy program for elementary school students. May is an associate professor in the College of Education and Human Development’s (CEHD) School of Education and director of CEHD’s Center for Research in Education and Social Policy. In his study, …

For the first time this year, the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development’s School Success Center (SSC) will host the sixth annual Women Leading Delaware Education Conference on UD’s Newark campus. The event will take place on Wednesday, March 13, at Clayton Hall Conference Center. The Women …

For the first time, the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) hosted the Delaware Educators Rising education conference for middle school, high school and college students Feb. 21-22 at Trabant University Center in Newark. More than 300 students attended from schools across the state. The conference, hosted annually …

What comes next after high school graduation? While this question can be vexing for many students, adolescents from low-income Black and Latinx communities face many barriers in imagining and actualizing life after high school. Many educators help these students persevere by adopting a “college-for-all” school culture, but few studies have …

In a recent WHYY article, Erik K. Layland, assistant professor in the College of Education and Human Development’s Department of Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS), and Roderick L. Carey, associate professor in HDFS, discussed mental health struggles among underrepresented Delaware youth and its connection to opting out of college.  …

Philadelphia-based 6ABC highlighted the Delaware Educators Rising conference, hosted by the University of Delaware’s College of Education & Human Development on its Newark campus. The annual conference directly addresses the regional teacher shortage by supporting Delaware middle school, high school and college students who are interested in becoming future educators.  …

Rachel Karchmer-Klein, associate professor in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Delaware, co-designed a research study where a group of high-achieving eighth graders were asked to engage with a digital narrative text. The story incorporated written words, sound, static images and video animations. The students quickly figured …