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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 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 …

After 10 years as leader of Delaware’s Brandywine School District, where he oversaw 16 schools serving more than 10,000 students, superintendent Mark Holodick has joined the Delaware Academy for School Leadership (DASL) at the University of Delaware as …

A big problem today in schools is how they can be so different in their approach to IEP teams and their approach to inclusion. How are the Administrators, the Principals, and the Directors of Special Education addressing their programs? What are their …

While the public tends to hold favorable views of scientists generally, according to the nonpartisan PEW Research Center and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), that trust gets a little shaky in the context of hot-button pol …

“Teaching is a marathon.” This is how Celeste Bunting, director of personnel for the Indian River School District in Sussex County and a University of Delaware graduate, described the work of educators teaching children in preschool through 12th grade …

As the University of Delaware celebrates another successful year of its pioneering study abroad program, 16 students from the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS) and Horn Entrepreneurship spent the 2020 Winter Session in Berlin a …

Elizabeth Soslau, associate professor in the School of Education, and Christine Carrino Gorowara, Senior Associate Director at UD’s Delaware Center for Teacher Education, have been elected 2020 Clinical Practice Fellows by the Association of Teacher Ed …

The joys of counting often begin during the toddler years as children sing along to “Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed” or laugh with The Count on Sesame Street. But what happens when a child struggles to match those numbers with quantities? Many …

Have you ever heard a well-meaning person say “I don’t see skin color” and wondered if that person sees you? Is it just an empty phrase filled with good intentions? Or does using this phrase support systemic oppression? The notion of colorblindness may …