Funding for students to Make a Difference
August 17, 2015
Starting this fall, the College of Education and Human Development will be accepting proposals on innovative student solutions to challenging problems that impact children, families, schools and communities. Undergraduate students at UD are encouraged identify an important social or education problem, create an interdisciplinary team, and develop an innovative solution that …
Read More
Implementing research in schools
August 17, 2015
In 2015, CRESP Director Henry May, and SOE researcher Elizabeth Farley-Ripple were awarded a $5 million research grant to establish the Center for Research Use in Education (CRUE). The center will be located within CRESP and will study knowledge utilization, or gaps between research and practice within schools. Over the next …
Read More
In Memoriam: Dr. Staci Perlman
August 14, 2015
Staci Perlman, assistant professor HDFS, with a joint appointment in UD’s DERDC, passed away on Aug. 12, following a brief illness. A memorial service will be held for her on September 18 at 4:00 p.m. in the Gallery in Perkins Student Center.
Read More
A software program that evaluates essay writing
August 14, 2015
Researchers have established that computer models are highly predictive of how humans would have scored a given piece of writing. However, Joshua Wilson, School of Education, took his research another step to look at how the software might be used in conjunction with instruction and not as a standalone scoring/feedback …
Read More
Integrating climate change into PD
August 12, 2015
MADE CLEAR is a collaborative National Science Foundation-funded project that prepares educators from Delaware and Maryland to teach about climate change. The University of Delaware has an interdisciplinary team of researchers and educators focusing on the design, implementation and outcomes of teacher professional development that helps teachers translates the science of …
Read More
Promoting Quality Improvement for Family Child Care Providers
August 12, 2015
Stars Plus: Promoting Quality Improvement for Family Child Care Providers in QRIS using a Community of Practice Model Principal Investigator Rena Hallam, and Co-Principal Investigators Martha Buell, Myae Han and Kaitlin Bargreen have partnered with the Kentucky Department for Community Based Services University of Kentucky, Delaware Office of Early Learning …
Read More
Summer STEM
August 12, 2015
Armando Caro, a math teacher at William Penn High School, got goose bumps following a conversation with Vatekeh Corlon, a student attending the Student STEM Summer Academy held at the University of Delaware’s Harker Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Laboratory. During the lesson “Deflecting Hyperbolators,” Corlon exclaimed, “I now have a …
Read More
For the Love of the Profession: Manny Caulk
August 11, 2015
Emmanuel (Manny) Caulk 1996 Elementary Teacher Education 2002 Masters of Education ASPIRE Alumni Successful or struggling, urban, suburban and rural, University of Delaware alumnus Emmanuel (Manny) Caulk has worked in every type of educational setting. “Education is my passion. I love going into a school, talking to the teachers, parents, …
Read More
Transformational School Leader
July 30, 2015
Three time alumnus Lamont Browne, executive director of EastSide Charter School and Family Foundations Academy, has been selected to receive the Ryan Award, a national award honoring transformational school principals.
Read More
Incentives to purchase of healthier foods
July 27, 2015
For the 47 million Americans participating in SNAP, it’s difficult for them to put healthy food on their table. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a study in July 2014 that explored incentives designed to encourage participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to make healthier food choices. Allison Karpyn, …
Read More
Congratulations to our student awardees!
July 8, 2015
Two CEHD students, Mary Beth Elberfeld, M.Ed, and Valerie Hill, ETE, received the 2015 Autism Delaware Daniel and Lois Gray Memorial Scholarship, given annually by Autism Delaware.
Read More
Welcome to our new leaders
June 12, 2015
On July 1, CEHD will welcome several leaders to new positions within our College. As our dean, Lynn Okagaki, begins her term as UD’s interim deputy provost, she will hand the reins over to Carol Vukelich, interim dean. We also welcome Laura Glass, Jackie Wilson and Bahira Trask to their …
Read More
