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There’s a critical shortage of male teachers of color in the United States. Black and Latino men make up less than five percent of the teaching workforce, even as the student population in school districts across the country are growing more racially and ethnically diverse. They are underrepresented in teacher …

Young children thrive off routine. The daily rhythms of group time and singalongs may seem like child’s play, but activities like these, conducted in classrooms with trusted friends and teachers, are essential to their intellectual and social development. So when the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic caused governments to close schools and …

UD Prof. Bahira Trask discusses the impact of the global pandemic on work-family life April 30, 2020 American families have been here before — but not since Colonial times. Suddenly, the lifestyles of centuries past have returned: Our homes now serve as both school and workplace, with one or both …

New research, led by the University of Delaware, has demonstrated that the key to implementing successful reform in low-performing schools is hiring and retaining effective principals and teachers. These findings, reported in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA), also note that teacher turnover as well as student mobility and chronic absenteeism …

UD’s National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities has announced that Steven M. Eidelmanv, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Human Development and Family Science, and Nancy Weiss, director, have been selected for recognition in The National Historic Recognition Project: 2000-2020 for their significant contributions to nationally significant research, practice, public policy and advocacy initiatives that …

UD College of Education & Human Development Summer Courses This summer learn new skills, enhance your knowledge, and advance your career! UD’s College of Education and Human Development summer session offers fully online learning opportunities for early-career and experienced education professionals. Teachers, administrators and instructional aides in Delaware public and …

For the second year in a row, the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the largest national interdisciplinary education research organization, has recognized University of Delaware faculty with its most prestigious honor. Of the 12 renowned researchers named as 2020 AERA Fellows, two are faculty members in UD’s School of Education (SOE). Nancy …

Each year, the University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) graduates approximately 200 teachers who will go on to fulfilling careers in early childhood or elementary teacher education. However, many more students who would have become exceptional teachers pick a different career path or forego college altogether. …

Stigma creates barriers that stifle the health and well-being of marginalized communities. Social stigma toward people struggling with substance use disorders (SUDs) has hindered the response to the opioid crisis in the United States, where addiction among some populations continues to be treated as a moral failing rather than a …

Do you remember what it was like to learn math? How challenging it was to find solutions to problems that you didn’t understand? The dread of wrong answers? Before joining the University of Delaware’s School of Education, Professor Amanda Jansen was a junior high mathematics teacher, and she had these conversations …