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In an article on Country 103.7’s website, Bahira Sherif Trask, professor and chair of CEHD’s Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, discusses factors that couples can consider when budgeting for their wedding. She encourages couples to consider factors such as their overall financial resources and their longer term plans, …

The University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) will host the annual Marion H. Steele Symposium on Friday, April 28, to share and celebrate the innovative research of its undergraduate and graduate students in education, human development and related disciplines. Over the past 38 years, more than …

In line with its commitment to providing high-quality teacher preparation and service to Delaware children, families and communities, the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) sponsored the Delaware Educators Rising education conference early in March in partnership with the Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) and other universities. The …

The University of Delaware has been committed to education, research, innovation and service throughout its history — and it continues to do all that and more today, President Dennis Assanis said at a special meeting of the Board of Trustees on Tuesday, March 21. “Education is at the very core …

In a new study supported by the Spencer Foundation, University of Delaware associate professor Rosalie Rolón-Dow uses an innovative framework that weaves critical race theory and narrative analysis to show how racial microaggressions—everyday interactions that stereotype, insult or invalidate racially minoritized people—are ultimately expressions of white supremacy. Published in Harvard …

How can Delaware education leaders partner to best serve the needs of their teachers, administrators and students? University of Delaware’s School Success Center (SSC), housed within the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), convened Delaware school district leaders and members of the Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) to answer …

In a recent article in The Sun Journal, CEHD’s Center for Research in Education and Social Policy is cited as a resource on chronic absenteeism. The article discusses chronic absenteeism at Telstar, a public high school in Bethel, Maine, and cites CRESP research on the adverse effects of these continued …

In Delaware’s K-12 schools, there’s no shortage of students who speak various home or heritage languages and who need specialized support as they learn to speak, read and write English. What there is a shortage of is teachers who are specifically trained in the best ways to help these youngsters …

Michael Ferrari, professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS) of the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), passed away Feb. 25, 2023. He was 66. A member of the University faculty since 1982, he was interim chair of the department in 2001-02. …

Culturally responsive (CR) teaching, a teaching approach that leverages students’ cultural identities to support their academic success, requires a particular disposition toward students and teaching. This disposition includes believing in the importance of CR teaching, cultural diversity and race-consciousness, as well as teachers’ own self-efficacy or capacity for CR teaching. …