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In a recent article in The Sun Journal, CEHD’s Center for Research in Education and Social Policy is cited as a resource on chronic absenteeism. The article discusses chronic absenteeism at Telstar, a public high school in Bethel, Maine, and cites CRESP research on the adverse effects of these continued …

In Delaware’s K-12 schools, there’s no shortage of students who speak various home or heritage languages and who need specialized support as they learn to speak, read and write English. What there is a shortage of is teachers who are specifically trained in the best ways to help these youngsters …

Michael Ferrari, professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS) of the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), passed away Feb. 25, 2023. He was 66. A member of the University faculty since 1982, he was interim chair of the department in 2001-02. …

Culturally responsive (CR) teaching, a teaching approach that leverages students’ cultural identities to support their academic success, requires a particular disposition toward students and teaching. This disposition includes believing in the importance of CR teaching, cultural diversity and race-consciousness, as well as teachers’ own self-efficacy or capacity for CR teaching. …

Principal supervisors, curriculum directors and other district-level leaders play an important role in coaching principals in their work to foster positive learning environments, guide teachers and improve student outcomes. In Delaware, these executive leaders also work to develop and enact important policies related to learning and instruction, equity and inclusion …

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded the University of Delaware’s (UD) Delaware Institute for Excellence in Early Childhood (DIEEC), housed within the College of Education and Human Development, and five other partners a cooperative agreement to establish and operate the first-of-its-kind National Early Care and Education (ECE) Workforce Center. In addition …

The University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) will sponsor the Delaware Educators Rising education conference for middle school, high school and college students March 7 through 8, 2023, at the Doubletree by Hilton in Wilmington, Delaware. The Delaware chapter of Educators Rising is a career and …

With graduate programs in education, educational leadership, human development and family sciences and more, University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) prepares students to become educators, researchers, advocates and leaders in their fields, locally in Delaware and around the globe.    As a doctoral student in CEHD’s …

In a recent article in The 74, Leigh McLean, assistant research professor in CEHD’s School of Education and Center for Education and Social Policy, discussed the need for greater mental health and well-being support systems for educators. McLean also emphasized that teachers and students in underserved communities are often struggling …

In two new editorials in The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Baltimore Sun, Joshua Wilson, associate professor in CEHD’s School of Education (SOE), Roberta Micknick Golinkoff, Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Chair and professor in the SOE and the Departments of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Linguistics and Cognitive Science, Amanda Delgado, …