Your Baby is a Genius
October 21, 2019
Did you know your baby is a genius? It’s a serious question, one that University of Delaware professor Roberta Michnick Golinkoff has been asking parents since she arrived on campus in 1974 and established the Infant Language Lab, since renamed the Child’s Play, Learning and Development Laboratory. When Golinkoff looks into the eyes …
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Working in Israel
October 8, 2019
The University of Delaware is a global hub of learning and innovation with a talent network of students, alumni and faculty who are working tirelessly to solve the world’s most pressing problems. For those in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS), the problems are social in nature: …
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From Dreamer to Leader
October 4, 2019
Leaving 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 rural town with more farms than traffic lights, Lopez is the third of …
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New Faculty Research Grants
October 4, 2019
CEHD 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 and implement strategies and interventions designed to improve teachers’ practice and student outcomes. …
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Teaching in Thailand
October 1, 2019
About 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. For Scott, teaching in Thailand is a dream come …
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New study shows early reading in any language helps children learn to read English
September 24, 2019
A 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 English from kindergarten through fourth grade. Importantly, when the researchers factored in …
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Fall 2019 Graduate Program Recruitment Events
September 12, 2019
Graduate 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, technologically advanced institution offering more than 150 academic majors across eight colleges and serving more than 24,000 …
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Tracking Characteristics for Success
September 9, 2019
Colleen 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. We caught up with them to learn about the important work they are …
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Gary T. Henry is dean of the University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development
August 16, 2019
UD’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 School of Education and the Joseph R. Biden, …
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Learning To Be “Bookworms”
August 8, 2019
Not 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 ranked last in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math, according to assessments by …
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Increasing diversity in teacher ed programs
July 30, 2019
For 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 by the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) and funded …
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Bookworms Reading and Writing Institute
July 26, 2019
In 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 Open Up Resources. Bookworms — currently in beta implementation — …
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