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Three alumni and one graduate student from the University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development have been named as finalists for the 2020 State Teacher of the Year Award. The following teachers will represent their districts in the c …

This Woman is On a Mission to Turn Beer into Food August 23, 2019 Food insecurity isn’t uncommon in America. Allison Karpyn says that one in six people in America don’t have enough food for a healthy lifestyle and it affects children most. She says tha …

Have you ever learned something new only to realize that it’s caused you to forget something old? You’re not alone, said Charles Hohensee, associate professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. The phenomenon, known as “backward …

University of Delaware doctoral student Hillary May was recently crowned Miss Delaware 2019 and will advance to the 2020 Miss America competition. May ran on a platform to destigmatize mental illness and raise awareness of resources for suicide prevent …

Many artists may aspire to see their work hanging on a wall for public view, but for University of Delaware alumnus Matt Terranova, his work often is the wall itself. Since graduating in 2006 from the visual communications program in the Department of …

How can K-12 teachers connect their students’ personal, lived experiences to an often mandated, impersonal, and standards-based curriculum? This question becomes even more pressing for teachers who are working in underperforming schools with student po …

On an overcast Saturday morning, staff and volunteers gathered at the Early Learning Center andLaboratory Preschool, both located on the University of Delaware’s Children’s Campus. With shovels and wheelbarrows in hand, they set about installing an edi …

The Delaware Academy for School Leadership (DASL) at the University of Delaware is a professional development, research and policy center working to improve public education by developing leaders. On Wednesday, June 26, DASL will host its 17th Annual P …

Jackie Wilson, director of the UD’s Delaware Academy for School Leadership and assistant professor in the School of Education, recently appeared on the National Governor’s Association’s new Education School Leadership podcast series. In this episode, W …

There’s a very good reason why 94% of undergraduates majoring in elementary teacher education (ETE) at the University of Delaware are employed as elementary, middle school or special education teachers after graduation. In addition to traditional class …