Gary Henry Named Dean of UD College of Education and Human Development
May 6, 2019
Gary T. Henry, a nationally recognized education policy scholar who has worked extensively in establishing educational partnerships and improving pre-K and K-12 school performance, has been named the next dean of the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), UD President Dennis Assanis and Provost Robin W. …
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Celebration of Excellence 2019
May 6, 2019
Celebration of Excellence 2019 On Friday, May 3, 2019, the College of Education and Human Development recognized our undergraduate and graduate students for their academic excellence, research, leadership, and outstanding potential as professionals in the fields of education and human services. The departments of Human Development and Family Sciences and …
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CEHD Alumni Win NYC Excellence in Education Awards
April 30, 2019
CEHD Alumni Win NYC Excellence in Education Awards Four University of Delaware alumni, Cori Breindel (‘17), Alexis Holzmann (‘17), Carleigh Antico (‘18), and Kelsey Shallow (‘18), have been recognized as recipients of Success Academy’s Excellence in Education Awards. Every year, Success Academy, New York City’s largest and highest performing public …
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Reading to Children
April 29, 2019
In the eyes of a child who is learning how to read, touchscreen tablets and “smart” technology are no substitute for a living, breathing adult. At least, that’s according to new research by University of Delaware doctoral student Daniela Avelar. The cognitive benefits a child experiences when reading with an …
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Transforming Learners into Leaders
April 23, 2019
Ask any professor, and they’ll tell you the groundbreaking research that will guide education policy for the next generation of leaders rarely begins with a lucrative book deal. More often than not, it begins in classrooms as graduate and undergraduate students investigate our society’s most urgent, unsolved problems. How do …
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Teaching with Bird Houses
April 22, 2019
On a chilly March morning at the University of Delaware’s Children’s Campus, a few dozen children—guided by undergraduates—took hold of screwdrivers to build nesting houses for local native birds. Sponsored by the College of Education and Human Development and the College of Engineering, the project is part of a nationwide monitoring program …
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Steele Symposium 2019
April 13, 2019
The Steele Symposium is coordinated by the College of Education and Human Development and includes presentations by undergraduate and graduate students from the School of Education and the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences. The Symposium is a great opportunity for students to showcase the research they are engaged …
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Valerie Earnshaw honored nationally for research on HIV stigma
April 8, 2019
On March 27, at the headquarters of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, Valerie Earnshaw, an assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, delivered the Office of Disease Prevention’s Early Stage Investigator Lecture, an honor reserved for early career investigators who are poised to …
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Amanda Jansen Awarded National Science Foundation Grant
April 8, 2019
Amanda Jansen, professor in the School of Education, was recently awarded a $600,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop a professional development experience for university faculty who work in mathematics education. She shares the award with colleagues Sarah Sword, Michael Young and Albert Cuoco. The project, “Focus on Inquiry and Equity …
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Transforming Special Education
March 27, 2019
In early 2018, the Delaware Academy of School Leadership (DASL), a professional development, research and policy center in the University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development, convened its advisory board of Delaware’s public school leaders to learn about their most pressing professional development concerns and what DASL could …
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From Students to Scholars
March 27, 2019
As an assistant professor in the University of Delaware’s School of Education (SOE), Joshua Wilson frequently employs undergraduate assistants to provide support for grant-funded research projects. For some projects — as with a recent $400,000 research grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) — Wilson may need to assemble …
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Not all state-funded pre-K programs are created equal
March 26, 2019
Not all state-funded pre-K programs are created equal. At least, that’s according to a major new study co-authored by Jason Hustedt, associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, and research director at the Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood(DIEEC). The research paper, “State Prekindergarten Effects …
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