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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Surviving Sexual Assault
July 25, 2019
As a survivor of childhood sexual assault, University of Delaware alumna Samantha Leonard knows that sexual predators are methodical about targeting and manipulating their victims. The process is known as “grooming,” and it can last for months or years before the first instance of sexual assault occurs. Leonard experienced the …
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Teachers of the Year
July 24, 2019
Three alumni and one graduate student from the University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development have been named as finalists for the 2020 State Teacher of the Year Award. The following teachers will represent their districts in the competition’s final round, with the winner named at a ceremony …
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Allison Karpyn in the Media
July 23, 2019
This Woman is On a Mission to Turn Beer into Food August 23, 2019 Food insecurity isn’t uncommon in America. Allison Karpyn says that one in six people in America don’t have enough food for a healthy lifestyle and it affects children most. She says that current benefits programs, like …
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Learning Backward
July 22, 2019
Have you ever learned something new only to realize that it’s caused you to forget something old? You’re not alone, said Charles Hohensee, associate professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. The phenomenon, known as “backward transfer,” is quite common, especially in math classrooms where prior …
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UD Doctoral Student Named Miss Delaware
July 19, 2019
University of Delaware doctoral student Hillary May was recently crowned Miss Delaware 2019 and will advance to the 2020 Miss America competition. May ran on a platform to destigmatize mental illness and raise awareness of resources for suicide prevention, especially among adolescents and teenagers. In 2016, the U.S. Centers for Disease …
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