CEHD Graduate Programs Rank in Top 12% in the Nation
April 9, 2025
U.S. News and World Report’s 2025-2026 rankings have placed the education graduate programs in University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) within the top 12% of all education programs across the nation. Housed within CEHD’s School of Education (SOE), the education graduate programs are now ranked 31st …
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Steele Symposium 2025
April 9, 2025
On April 11, the University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) will host 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. Over the past 40 years, more than 450 …
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CEHD In The News
April 1, 2025
Read the latest on CEHD faculty, staff and programs featured in news publications. March 2025 Sharon Walpole When schools buy new reading programs, they look to EdReports. But some of its reviews don’t line up with science., APM Reports, March 6 Henry May Lawmakers pass bill banning controversial teaching method, Fox …
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A Leading Woman in Higher Education
March 31, 2025
Dominique J. Baker, associate professor in the College of Education and Human Development’s (CEHD) School of Education and the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration, has been named one of the top 40 women in higher education in 2025 by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. This …
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Lifetime Achievements in Science Education
March 31, 2025
Zoubeida R. Dagher, professor in University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), remembers the childhood joy she felt as she helped her brother with his homemade “inventions” and conducted science experiments using the pages of Children’s Digest as her guide. These early experiences piqued Dagher’s curiosity, but …
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Research Spotlight: Dominique Baker
March 31, 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 …
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Outstanding Dissertation Contributions During Women’s History Month
March 27, 2025
It’s been less than a year since Cara Kelly, EHD24, graduated from University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development, but she’s already making a difference with her research in early care and education. She has published articles on early care and education quality, received a national research grant …
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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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