CEHD In The News
February 5, 2025
Read the latest on CEHD faculty, staff and programs featured in news publications. February 2025 Henry May ‘A gut punch’ I Lawsuit claims schools purchased reading material that hurt children, Atlanta News First, February 19 Dominique Baker Trump wants to dissolve Education Department. Here’s how it could impact student loans, Miami …
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Research Spotlight: Teomara Rutherford
January 31, 2025
University computer science (CS) courses serve as important bridges into further CS study and careers in STEM. Yet many women and underrepresented students with interests in STEM turn away from these career paths in college. With new research in CS education, University of Delaware researchers are uncovering more effective ways …
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Free PBL workshop for UD faculty this winter
December 3, 2024
The Institute for Transforming University Education is offering a problem-based learning workshop this January. The workshop will bring visiting faculty from international universities and is available at no cost for UD affiliated instructors. Problem-based learning (PBL) connects disciplinary knowledge to real-world problems so that the motivation to solve a problem …
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Lifetime Achievements in Mathematics Education
November 18, 2024
James Hiebert, professor emeritus in the University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), didn’t set out to be a mathematics educator. But he was inspired to pursue mathematics by a college professor whose enthusiasm for the subject was contagious. After studying for hours for an especially difficult final exam, …
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Research Spotlight: Mousavi, Earnshaw and Layland
October 30, 2024
Many people think about LGBTQ+ identity disclosure—or the act of coming out—as a singular event that happens during one conversation or social interaction. But, in a new review of studies, University of Delaware doctoral student Mohammad Mousavi, Associate Professor Valerie Earnshaw, Assistant Professor Eric Layland and Norman Chong of the …
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Research Spotlight: Lynsey Gibbons
September 30, 2024
When asked to imagine classroom learning, some people envision a teacher at the front of the room, guiding their students’ learning through a series of questions without much connection to the students’ interests or experiences. Many teachers envision the same model when they think about their own professional learning. But, …
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Studying Systemic Racism
September 19, 2024
The University of Delaware Anti-Racism Initiative — a grassroots effort that emerged during the 2020 nationwide conversation about race and social justice — is taking on several projects this year as it continues to become a more established presence on campus and in the community. Three new UDARI faculty fellows …
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Strengthening Early Literacy
September 19, 2024
Delaware’s commitment to enhancing literacy achievement for all students in pre-K through third grade, especially multilingual language learners and those with disabilities, is evident in its Every Student Succeeds Act plan and recent legislation on the Science of Reading. Despite these efforts, only 25% of Delaware’s fourth grade students scored …
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CEHD Welcomes 9 New Faculty Members
September 12, 2024
This fall, the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) welcomes nine new faculty members in CEHD’s School of Education (SOE). This growth bolsters CEHD’s strengths in the areas of educational leadership, educational technology, equity and diversity, disability and inclusion, school psychology, literacy and language, special education …
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Back-To-School Well-Being
August 22, 2024
The bustling back-to-school season is often an exciting time as teachers and students prepare for a new academic year and return to their favorite fall activities. But this transitionary period can also be a stressful one, as people adopt new routines, join new school communities or establish new goals. For …
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Undergraduate Symposium Hits New High Mark
August 9, 2024
The University of Delaware’s Symposium of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity hits another highwater mark this year with a record 561 students participating in its 15th anniversary event. The 2024 symposium runs from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, at the Patrick Harker Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (ISE) …
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CEHD In The News 2023-2024
July 31, 2024
Read the latest on CEHD faculty, staff and programs featured in news publications. July 2024 Cellphone Pouches to be Piloted at Schools Across Delaware (Kenneth Shores, Yahoo! News, July 25) For Illinois students, the promises of for-profit colleges often ring hollow (Dominique Baker, Marketplace, July 23) Woman Can’t Understand The …
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