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School buildings across Delaware and much of the nation were closed in the spring of 2020 because of the coronavirus (COVID-19 pandemic and many are now closed for the summer, but that doesn’t mean the University of Delaware hasn’t been working to help students and teachers, parents and administrators. In …

In this 2018 photograph — taken before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic forced governments to close schools and emphasize social distancing among other disease-prevention tactics — students, staff and faculty in UD’s College of Education and Human Development helped organize ACES Day, which stands for All Children Exercise Simultaneously.   June …

Kaylah Dessausure likes to say that it takes a village to raise a child, and for herself and two young boys, ages three years and two months, that village has been New Directions Early Head Start (NDEHS) at the University of Delaware. Housed in UD’s College of Education and Human …

To the College of Education and Human Development community, I know that all of you are aware of the extreme pain and frustration that many of our black colleagues, students, friends and their allies are feeling in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, which follows a long list of tragedies …

Kajal Zala started thinking about a career in human resources when she was still in high school in Georgetown, Delaware, and working for a healthcare clinic that employed about 130 people. “I volunteered a couple hours a week with the human resources director, helping with the credentialing process to make …

It may not be an easy subject to discuss, but it’s a necessary one in order to protect one of our most vulnerable assets. Reducing the risk of sexual violence for those on the autistic spectrum or those with developmental disabilities is not spoken of enough, but sexual abuse is …

The Ratledge Family Award for Delaware Public Service has been presented to Allison Ouellette-Karpyn for her contributions to the well-being of the people of the state of Delaware. Karpyn is interim director of the Center for Research in Education and Social Policy (CRESP) and associate professor of Human Development and …

Oyenike Olabisi, assistant professor in the University of Delaware Department of Biological Sciences, and Melissa Lewis, a UD undergraduate student, were each honored with the 2020 Louis L. Redding Diversity Award for their exceptional commitment to diversity and inclusion on campus. The awards were presented by UD President Dennis Assanis, …

There’s a critical shortage of male teachers of color in the United States. Black and Latino men make up less than five percent of the teaching workforce, even as the student population in school districts across the country are growing more racially and ethnically diverse. They are underrepresented in teacher …

Young children thrive off routine. The daily rhythms of group time and singalongs may seem like child’s play, but activities like these, conducted in classrooms with trusted friends and teachers, are essential to their intellectual and social development. So when the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic caused governments to close schools and …