Treble makers in perfect harmony
May 8, 2025
Ed Yu was no stranger to applause. As a theater kid, he’d taken bows and heard audiences clapping, but he wasn’t prepared for the experience of auditioning for the YChromes, the University of Delaware’s all-male a cappella group. “When I walked into the room, all the guys just roared with …
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Register for the Summer Institute on Teaching 2025
May 7, 2025
The Summer Institute on Teaching (SIT) is an intensive and celebratory multi-day event that brings together educators from across the University of Delaware to build and strengthen a community around teaching and learning. The institute highlights emerging and established pedagogical practices, resources, and technology tools with an emphasis on evidence and scholarship. …
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Equity Symposium
May 5, 2025
On May 16, the University of Delaware Center for Excellence and Equity in Teacher Preparation (CEETP), housed within the College of Education and Human Development, will host an equity symposium for UD education faculty, staff, graduate students and Delaware educators. The interactive symposium will be held from 11:00 a.m. …
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Colloquium on Educational Assessment
May 1, 2025
Join University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) for a colloquium with Jade Caines Lee, assistant research professor in the University of Kansas’ Center for Learner Agency Research and Action (CLARA), from 1:50 to 2:50 p.m. on May 7, 2025, in room 205 of Willard Hall …
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Research Spotlight: Jennifer Gallo-Fox and Dorit Radnai-Griffin
May 1, 2025
More than 100 years ago, laboratory schools—like University of Delaware’s Lab School—were developed on university campuses to respond to the needs of their communities and provide leadership in early childhood education (ECE). Today, after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of our ECE systems, the work of these schools for …
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Supporting autistic students during graduation season
April 29, 2025
With graduation season just around the corner, many families are looking forward to celebrating their high school and college seniors in lively graduation ceremonies. But the graduation season and upcoming vocational transitions can be challenging for autistic people and their families, who may struggle with participating in a traditional ceremony, …
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Bridging the gap
April 28, 2025
Jerry Turning is terrified that his brothers are going to hurt his son. “When I talk with them, I’m extremely emotional,” he said. “I lay it all out: Listen, I’m one of you. I will back you up tomorrow. But I’m scared to death, and I’m begging you to listen.” The …
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Excellence in Education Research from an Early Career Scholar
April 25, 2025
Roderick L. Carey, associate professor in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) and CEHD Faculty Scholar, has received three distinguished early career awards from national educational organizations this spring. Carey is the recipient of the 2025 Early Career Award from the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education …
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Centering Relationships in Teaching
April 22, 2025
As long as University of Delaware alum Sara Colmorgen, EHD14, 15M, can remember, she wanted to be a teacher. As Colmorgen recalls fondly, she was “that sister who made [her] brother play school, much to his dismay!” But it was a high school friend and his family who set the …
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Leveling the playing field
April 17, 2025
In recent years, discussions about inequality in the college admissions process have focused on the use of standardized tests like the SAT. But few discussions have focused on another important part of the college application: the listing of extracurricular activities. With new research on the reporting of extracurriculars, University of Delaware …
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Steele Symposium 2025 Celebrates Student Research
April 16, 2025
On April 11, the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) hosted the annual Marion H. Steele Symposium to share and celebrate the innovative research of its undergraduate and graduate students in education, human development and related disciplines. Since 1985, hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students have …
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National Honors in Educational Leadership
April 15, 2025
For University of Delaware alum Latrice Marianno, EHD24, her passion for improving education began with teachers and mentors who recognized and supported her intellectual curiosity. Now, as an assistant professor at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Marianno works to support teachers and school leaders through her research in educational leadership, policy …
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