Research Spotlight: Erica Litke and Laura M. Desimone
February 28, 2023
Culturally responsive (CR) teaching, a teaching approach that leverages students’ cultural identities to support their academic success, requires a particular disposition toward students and teaching. This disposition includes believing in the importance of CR teaching, cultural diversity and race-consciousness, as well as teachers’ own self-efficacy or capacity for CR teaching. …
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Learning with Executive Leaders
February 27, 2023
Principal supervisors, curriculum directors and other district-level leaders play an important role in coaching principals in their work to foster positive learning environments, guide teachers and improve student outcomes. In Delaware, these executive leaders also work to develop and enact important policies related to learning and instruction, equity and inclusion …
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Leaders in Early Childhood Care and Education
February 23, 2023
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded the University of Delaware’s (UD) Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood (DIEEC), housed within the College of Education and Human Development, and five other partners a cooperative agreement to establish and operate the first-of-its-kind National Early Care and Education (ECE) Workforce Center. In addition …
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Educators Rising
February 15, 2023
The University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) will sponsor the Delaware Educators Rising education conference for middle school, high school and college students March 7 through 8, 2023, at the Doubletree by Hilton in Wilmington, Delaware. The Delaware chapter of Educators Rising is a career and …
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Champion in Education
February 14, 2023
With graduate programs in education, educational leadership, human development and family sciences and more, University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) prepares students to become educators, researchers, advocates and leaders in their fields, locally in Delaware and around the globe. As a doctoral student in CEHD’s …
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In the News: Leigh McLean
February 4, 2023
In a recent article in The 74, Leigh McLean, assistant research professor in CEHD’s School of Education and Center for Education and Social Policy, discussed the need for greater mental health and well-being support systems for educators. McLean also emphasized that teachers and students in underserved communities are often struggling …
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In the News: Joshua Wilson, Roberta M. Golinkoff and Amanda Delgado
February 3, 2023
In two new editorials in The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Baltimore Sun, Joshua Wilson, associate professor in CEHD’s School of Education (SOE), Roberta Micknick Golinkoff, Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Chair and professor in the SOE and the Departments of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Linguistics and Cognitive Science, Amanda Delgado, …
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Research Spotlight: Anamarie A. Whitaker
January 31, 2023
In a recent study, University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) assistant professor Anamarie A. Whitaker and her co-authors, CEHD alumna Gerilyn Slicker of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Jing Tang of Child Trends, analyzed how over 5,000 early childhood education (ECE) centers meet different …
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CEHD Online Graduate Programs Advance to Top 6% in Nation
January 31, 2023
The online graduate education programs offered by the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) have advanced eight places in US News and World Report’s 2023 rankings, placing them in the top 6% of all online graduate programs in education. Housed within CEHD’s School of Education (SOE), …
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First State Family Child Care Conference
January 12, 2023
Family child care (FCC) educators from across the state of Delaware gathered to further their professional development and build relationships with colleagues at the First State Family Child Care Conference hosted by the Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood (DIEEC) this past November. Housed within the University of Delaware’s College of Education …
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Outstanding Contributions To Delaware
January 9, 2023
As a young child, University of Delaware alumna Ilona E. Holland developed a commitment to learning, community-building and generosity. She learned early in life to appreciate kindness and reciprocate in her community. Through the generosity of a Jewish philanthropic organization, Holland’s Hungarian parents were able to emigrate from Germany after …
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In the News: Gary Henry
January 9, 2023
Gary T. Henry, CEHD Dean and professor in the School of Education and the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration, has been named one of the most influential educational policy and practice scholars by Education Week. Among 200 education scholars, Henry is ranked 58. Education Week’s …
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