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From Dreamer to Leader
October 4, 2019Read moreLeaving home to attend the University of Delaware wasn’t easy for Saray Lopez, a first-generation college student and Human Relations Administration major in the College of Education and Human Development. Born and raised in Frankford, Delaware, a rura …
New Faculty Research Grants
October 4, 2019Read moreCEHD faculty research centers on addressing fundamental and complex educational and social inequities. This fall, eleven of our faculty were awarded grants through IES, NSF, the Spencer Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to evaluate a …
Teaching in Thailand
October 1, 2019Read moreAbout 400 miles south of Bangkok in the coastal city of Surat Thani, located along the Gulf of Thailand, University of Delaware alumna Allison Scott is teaching English, math and social studies to classrooms full a talented fourth and fifth graders. Fo …
New study shows early reading in any language helps children learn to read English
September 24, 2019Read moreA new study co-authored by the University of Delaware’s Steven Amendum has found that children who had strong early reading skills in their native Spanish language when they entered kindergarten experienced greater growth in their ability to read Engli …
Fall 2019 Graduate Program Recruitment Events
September 12, 2019Read moreGraduate Program Recruitment Events (Fall 2019) Are you considering graduate school to help advance your career? The University of Delaware is recognized in many higher education rankings, reflecting its prominence as a research-intensive, technologica …
Tracking Characteristics for Success
September 9, 2019Read moreColleen Mueller is a University of Delaware senior from Old Lyme, Connecticut who is majoring in human services with a concentration in clinical services. Khadi Jackson is sophomore human services major and urban education minor from Newark, Delaware. …
Gary T. Henry is dean of the University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development
August 16, 2019Read moreUD’s College of Education and Human Development welcomes new dean, Gary T. Henry A renowned researcher in the field of education, Gary T. Henry is the new dean of University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development and Professor in the …
Learning To Be “Bookworms”
August 8, 2019Read moreNot that long ago, some of Delaware’s lowest-performing schools could be found in the neighboring school districts of Seaford and Laurel, both of which serve rural, high-poverty communities in the southwestern corner of the state. In 2014, Seaford rank …
Increasing diversity in teacher ed programs
July 30, 2019Read moreFor the past two summers, a select group of Delaware high school students, primarily from underrepresented backgrounds, spent two weeks on the University of Delaware campus, as part of the new Teachers of Tomorrow (TOT) program. This program, developed …
Bookworms Reading and Writing Institute
July 26, 2019Read moreIn hundreds of elementary schools across the nation, over 40,000 students are learning to read and write using a curriculum developed by Sharon Walpole, professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware and published by the nonprofit O …