Research Spotlight: Adrian Pasquarella
September 12, 2025
Every day, Delaware educators teach multilingual learners (MLLs), yet many feel underprepared to support them. With more than 19,000 MLLs in the state, University of Delaware faculty are working during National Hispanic Heritage Month this fall and year round to address the needs of these students and their teachers. Supported …
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Celebrating undergraduates’ summer discoveries
August 12, 2025
More than 500 undergraduate students got a taste of research this summer at the University of Delaware, drawing from a lengthy menu of options that spanned an extraordinary array of subjects — from the arts to the sciences, from public policy and civic engagement to blazing new trails for people …
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Research Spotlight: Sarah Curtiss
August 5, 2025
Puberty education can be uncomfortable for many students and teachers, given the sensitive and sometimes emotionally-charged nature of the content. The barriers to this important health topic can be even greater for students with disabilities, who may struggle to learn in a traditional, lecture-style classroom. With these challenges in mind, …
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CEHD In The News 2024-2025
July 27, 2025
Read the latest on CEHD faculty, staff and programs featured in news publications. July 2025 Stephanie Del Tufo Do you really need to read to learn? What neuroscience says about reading versus listening, The Conversation, July 28 Dominique Baker Columbia Deal a ‘Threat’ to Higher Ed, Experts Warn, Inside Higher Ed, …
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Research Spotlight: Eric Layland
June 26, 2025
For many communities across the nation, Pride Month is a time to celebrate the challenges that LGBTQ+ people have faced and overcome. But the month of June also reminds parents, educators and human service professionals that LGBTQ+ individuals continue to grapple with the mental health effects of social stigma, especially …
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Showing Students They Matter
May 30, 2025
For University of Delaware alum Camila Polanco, EHD25, school was one of the first places where she learned how much it matters to feel seen, heard and valued—not only as a student, but as a whole person. After graduating this May, Polanco now hopes to use her dissertation work to …
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Research Spotlight: Steve Amendum
May 30, 2025
Multilingual learners (ML), or children whose home language is not English, make up about 15% of all kindergarten and first grade students in U.S. public schools. Yet, many teachers receive little preparation in ML instruction, and many feel unprepared to support their ML’s languages, cultures and immigration experiences. To support …
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Research Spotlight: Jennifer Gallo-Fox and Dorit Radnai-Griffin
May 1, 2025
More than 100 years ago, laboratory schools—like University of Delaware’s Lab School—were developed on university campuses to respond to the needs of their communities and provide leadership in early childhood education (ECE). Today, after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of our ECE systems, the work of these schools for …
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A Leading Woman in Higher Education
March 31, 2025
Dominique J. Baker, associate professor in the College of Education and Human Development’s (CEHD) School of Education and the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration, has been named one of the top 40 women in higher education in 2025 by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. This …
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Research Spotlight: Dominique Baker
March 31, 2025
In recent years, discussions about inequality in the college admissions process have focused on the use of standardized tests like the SAT. But few discussions have focused on another important part of the college application: the listing of extracurricular activities. With new research on the reporting of extracurriculars, University of …
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Research Spotlight: Leigh McLean
February 28, 2025
Elementary school teachers often play a special role in their students’ lives, wiping away their kindergarteners’ tears when they’re missing their parents or supporting their fourth graders through a frustrating math lesson. It’s easy to imagine how a child’s emotions may evoke feelings of joy or empathy in a teacher, …
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Research Spotlight: Teomara Rutherford
January 31, 2025
University computer science (CS) courses serve as important bridges into further CS study and careers in STEM. Yet many women and underrepresented students with interests in STEM turn away from these career paths in college. With new research in CS education, University of Delaware researchers are uncovering more effective ways …
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