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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2019 Teacher Job Fairs
March 25, 2019
2019 Teacher Job Fairs Greater Philadelphia Teacher Job Fair Wednesday, April 3, 2019, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM 100 Station Ave. Oaks, PA 19456 This event is open to graduating teacher education and related majors (and alumni) who are interested in learning about anticipated K-12 hiring needs for Fall 2019. Come meet …
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Nancy C. Jordan appointed to Dean Family Endowed Professorship for Teacher Education
March 21, 2019
Nancy C. Jordan, a renowned expert on how young children learn and retain mathematical knowledge, has become the first faculty member appointed to the Dean Family Endowed Professorship for Teacher Education in the University of Delaware’s School of Education, UD President Dennis Assanis and Provost Robin Morgan have announced. The Dean …
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Women’s Leadership Conference
March 16, 2019
Less than one week after the 2019 Women’s March, women at the helm of education and politics in Delaware gathered at Dover Downs Conference Center for the first annual Women’s Leadership Conference Delaware, hosted by the University of Delaware’s Delaware Academy for School Leadership (DASL) and Partnership for Public Education. …
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Abby Gonzales Wins Leadership Award
March 15, 2019
Abby Gonzales, a junior Elementary Teacher Education major and Blue Hens basketball player, has been named the Dean Ehler’s Leadership Award winner by the Colonial Athletic Association. The annual award is given to a men’s and women’s basketball student-athlete who “embodies the highest standards of leadership, integrity and sportsmanship in conjunction with his/her …
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