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Faculty Receive Grants to Study Fractions Learning
July 18, 2020Many students struggle with a deep understanding of fractions, even after several years of instruction in elementary and middle school classrooms. Nancy C. Jordan, Dean Family Endowed Chair and professor in the School of Education (SOE), and Christina …
Read MoreUncovering Abuse
July 1, 2020Those living with intellectual and developmental disabilities are seven times more likely to be sexually abused in their lifetimes than people without disabilities, according to U.S. Department of Justice data on sex crimes, and they are more likely to …
Read MoreCEHD Faculty Receive General University Research Grants
June 25, 2020Disability and Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in Families and Communities, Equity and Diversity, Learning Sciences, Research Methods and Data Science, STEM Education, Social Determinants of Health, Social Emotional Development, Teacher Preparation and Professional DevelopmentTwelve University of Delaware professors, including three in the School of Education and one in the Department of Human Development & Family Sciences, have won General University Research grants to work on a broad range of projects, from reducing m …
Read MoreStudy Finds Racial and Gender Inequities in Education Leadership Pipeline
June 23, 2020Education Leadership and Administration, Education and Social Policy, Research Methods and Data ScienceAcross the nation, school districts have emphasized the importance of racial and gender diversity among its educational leaders. Yet, during the 2011–2012 school year, only 20 percent of all principals were non-White, despite an increasingly diverse te …
Read MoreSarah Curtiss on Inclusive Education Project Podcast
May 27, 2020It may not be an easy subject to discuss, but it’s a necessary one in order to protect one of our most vulnerable assets. Reducing the risk of sexual violence for those on the autistic spectrum or those with developmental disabilities is not spoken of …
Read MoreImproving Teacher Diversity
May 1, 2020There’s a critical shortage of male teachers of color in the United States. Black and Latino men make up less than five percent of the teaching workforce, even as the student population in school districts across the country are growing more racially a …
Read MoreTalent Matters for School Turnaround Plans
April 24, 2020New research, led by the University of Delaware, has demonstrated that the key to implementing successful reform in low-performing schools is hiring and retaining effective principals and teachers. These findings, reported in Educational Evaluation and …
Read MoreCEHD Faculty and Staff Honored in National Historic Recognition Project
April 24, 2020UD’s National Leadership Consortium on Developmental Disabilities has announced that Steven M. Eidelman, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Human Development and Family Science, and Nancy Weiss, director, have been selected for recognition in The National Hi …
Read MoreBreaking Down Stigma
April 1, 2020Stigma creates barriers that stifle the health and well-being of marginalized communities. Social stigma toward people struggling with substance use disorders (SUDs) has hindered the response to the opioid crisis in the United States, where addiction a …
Read MoreRough Draft Math
April 1, 2020Do you remember what it was like to learn math? How challenging it was to find solutions to problems that you didn’t understand? The dread of wrong answers? Before joining the University of Delaware’s School of Education, Professor Amanda Jansen was a …
Read MoreBuilding Trust in Science
March 2, 2020While the public tends to hold favorable views of scientists generally, according to the nonpartisan PEW Research Center and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), that trust gets a little shaky in the context of hot-button pol …
Read MoreHelping Children Learn Math
February 18, 2020The joys of counting often begin during the toddler years as children sing along to “Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed” or laugh with The Count on Sesame Street. But what happens when a child struggles to match those numbers with quantities? Many …
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