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Elizabeth Soslau Receives Award for Need in Deed Partnership
December 8, 2020Read moreElizabeth Soslau, associate professor in the School of Education, has received the Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic P20 Partnership Award, which recognizes a leading partnership between preK-12, higher education and the community. Partnerships recognized th …
Rachel Karchmer-Klein Honored by Literacy Research Association
December 7, 2020Read moreRachel Karchmer-Klein, associate professor in the School of Education, has received the 2020 Albert J. Kingston Award for Distinguished Service to the Literacy Research Association (LRA), a research organization that works to advance literacy theory, r …
UD alum named Delaware’s 2021 Teacher of the Year
December 3, 2020Read moreTeacher Kimberly Stock usually starts the school year by asking students to write a set of rules for the class. Stock has her own rules as well, the most important being “Respect,” but the students work together to submit their own rules and negotiate …
Teaching, Technology and Teacher Education
November 17, 2020Read moreThe beginning of the coronavirus pandemic presented many challenges for educators, as teachers across grade levels, content areas, and geographic regions quickly transitioned their in-person classrooms to online environments. Many educators found thems …
Fighting Coronavirus Misinformation
November 9, 2020Read moreThe World Health Organization calls the spread of false information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) an “infodemic,” and the results are broadly visible across society. The refusal of some people to wear a mask or socially distance, or self-quarantine …
Story Time During the Pandemic
October 26, 2020Read moreSo please, oh please, we beg, we pray Go throw your TV set away And in its place you can install a lovely bookshelf on the wall. — Roald Dahl in his classic children’s book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Though published in 1964, Dahl’s words cont …
Housing As a Human Right
October 5, 2020Read moreLack of affordable housing is a crisis both nationally and in the state of Delaware, where there are currently only 24 affordable rentals for every 100 extremely low income (ELI) renters. According to data compiled by the National Low Income Housing Co …
Virtual Graduate Open House – November 2020
October 1, 2020Read moreAre you considering graduate school to help advance your career? Learn about our Graduate Programs within the School of Education, Human Development and Family Sciences, and several multi-disciplinary programs at our Open House. Thursday, November 12th …
Fresh Perspective on Learning
September 18, 2020Read moreEditor’s note: Research, community service, internships and study abroad typically make summers memorable for many University of Delaware students. While the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has sidetracked some of these activities, UD students are cont …
UD researcher surveying Black girls to help reduce disparities
August 19, 2020Read moreA University of Delaware researcher is surveying the experiences of Black girls in Delaware to better understand their lives and help community advocates develop targeted interventions to reduce disparities and help them succeed. Tia Barnes, an assista …