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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 through this award address issues related to college, career and civic readiness through student engagement and service-learning, thereby …
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, research and practice. Karchmer-Klein’s research investigates relationships among literacy skills, digital tools and teacher preparation with particular emphasis on …
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 on which ones are brought to …
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 themselves engaged in online teaching for the first time with little knowledge about how to deliver effective instruction …
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 when exposed to the virus, is often motivated by false information or …
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 continue to reflect the attitudes …
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 Coalition, nearly one quarter of Delaware renter households qualify as …
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 continuing with hundreds of remarkable projects remotely. Check out our series of profiles and stories, which also …
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 assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, is collaborating with …
Faculty Receive Grants to Study Fractions Learning
July 18, 2020Read moreMany students struggle with a deep understanding of fractions, even after several years of instruction in elementary and middle school classrooms. Nancy C. Jordan, Dean Family Endowed Chair and professor in the School of Education (SOE), and Christina Barbieri, assistant professor in the SOE, have received a nearly $892,000 National Science Foundation grant to …