Bringing Spanish Culture to the Classroom
August 3, 2023
Angela Trani, a Spanish teacher at Olive B. Loss Elementary School in Bear, Delaware, has taught at every level — elementary through college — during her career as a Spanish and Italian language teacher. But until recently, she didn’t know much about the culture of Spain. As an undergraduate student …
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In the News: Kenneth Shores
July 26, 2023
In a recent article in The 74, Kenneth Shores, assistant professor in CEHD’s School of Education and the Joseph R. Biden Jr., School of Public Policy, discusses the impact of federal aid designed to curb student learning loss during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Shores notes that the federal …
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Study Education in South Africa or Barbados
July 25, 2023
For more than two decades, University of Delaware Professor Emerita Norma Gaines-Hanks has taken predominantly white groups of students to the predominantly Black countries of South Africa and Barbados. “I have to remind them, ‘These places are neither better nor worse. They’re different,” said Gaines-Hanks. “I hope students return with a greater …
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In the News: Delaware Educators Rising
July 17, 2023
In a recent Delaware.gov article, Delaware students were highlighted for winning big at the Educators Rising National Conference in June. Twenty-two students from across Delaware were recognized with Top 10 honors at this year’s national conference after successfully winning awards at the state-level in the spring. University of Delaware’s College …
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Research Spotlight: Sarah L. Curtiss
July 5, 2023
Cultural humility is a framework for engaging in self-reflection, self-critique and reflective practice in order to cultivate respectful relationships and understand power dynamics related to cultural differences. In a new study, University of Delaware assistant professor Sarah L. Curtiss and co-author S. Cole Perry found that cultural humility allowed the …
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Up, Up and Away
June 22, 2023
On a warm Friday morning in early May, more than 30 pre-K students from the University of Delaware’s Early Learning Center (ELC) experienced what it’s like to jump on the moon, pretended to be different types of fluid flow, and launched their own miniature rockets into the sky. Tyler Van …
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Policy and Practice Institute
June 14, 2023
In partnership with the Delaware Department of Education (DDOE), the Delaware Association of School Administrators, and the UD Partnership for Public Education, the Delaware Academy for School Leadership (DASL), housed within the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development’s School Success Center, will host the 21st annual Policy …
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In the News: College of Education and Human Development
June 7, 2023
In a recent article, Inside Higher Ed lists the University of Delaware faculty members who will be tenured as of September 1, 2023. Within UD’s College of Education and Human Development, Lauren Bailes, Tia Barnes, Lynsey Gibbons and Teo Paoletti will be awarded tenure. Read The Article News mentions Tenure Awarded. . …
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Stories with Clever Hedgehog
June 7, 2023
Since February 2022, more than 8.1 million Ukrainians — including 2 million children — have fled their homes in Ukraine due to war and hardship. Many families had to make difficult decisions about the items they were able to carry with them, and very few were able to take their …
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Fostering Inquiry and Innovation
June 1, 2023
Each spring, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awards graduate research fellowships to promising undergraduate and graduate students around the country. These individuals are anticipated to become knowledge experts in their field and to help advance the nation’s technological infrastructure, national security and economic well-being through their research, teaching and innovations …
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Convocation 2023
May 30, 2023
On May 26, the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) celebrated 471 degree candidates in the fields of education and human development at its 2023 Convocation ceremony at UD’s Field House. With the graduating students, their families and CEHD faculty and staff in attendance, the ceremony …
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UD Commencement 2023
May 30, 2023
In the classroom, in research labs, on the athletic fields, in the community — and in ways both large and small — the University of Delaware’s Class of 2023 is already changing the world. Blue Hen pride was overflowing at Delaware Stadium as UD celebrated its newest class of graduates …
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