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National Education Honors
March 25, 2019
The American Educational Research Association (AERA), the largest national interdisciplinary education research association, has selected 10 researchers as 2019 AERA Fellows, three of whom are University of Delaware School of Education faculty members. …
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Rethinking Connections Between Research and Practice
March 18, 2019
The use of educational research in practice is complex, notes Elizabeth Farley-Ripple, associate professor in the University of Delaware (UD) School of Education (SOE), and her coauthors in the opening paragraph of “Rethinking Connections Between Resea …
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Building Research-Practice Partnerships
March 18, 2019
Collaborative partnerships between practitioners in school districts and researchers in universities have the potential to address real-world issues in education by bridging the divide between research and practice. But, how do we build and maintain a …
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Online Graduate Open Houses
March 4, 2019
The School of Education’s online graduate education program is ranked in the top 50 online programs in the country by U.S. News & World Report. We hope you can join us for one of our virtual open houses on our teacher leadership, literacy, or excep …
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New endowed professorship
March 1, 2019
Nancy C. Jordan, a renowned expert on how young children learn and retain mathematical knowledge, has become the first faculty member appointed to the Dean Family Endowed Professorship for Teacher Education in the University of Delaware’s School of Edu …
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Where Play and Learning Meet
February 27, 2019
What can kindergarteners gain from play-based learning? In a new documentary from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Roberta Golinkoff highlights the advantages of a play-based approach to kindergarten and shares her research on the cognitive a …
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Women’s Leadership Conference
February 25, 2019
Less than one week after the 2019 Women’s March, women at the helm of education and politics in Delaware gathered at Dover Downs Conference Center for the first annual Women’s Leadership Conference Delaware, hosted by the University of Delaware’s Delaw …
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Candid conversations strengthen schools
February 15, 2019
University of Delaware alumni Joseph Jones and T.J. Vari know what it takes to turn around struggling public schools. Jones earned a doctorate in education from UD in 2007 and Vari graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Secondary …
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In Memoriam: Frank B. Murray
September 28, 2018
Colleagues remember professor and former education dean Frank B. Murray, who served as dean of the then-College of Education at the University of Delaware between 1979 and 1995, passed away after a sudden illness on Friday, Sept. 14. He was 79. Dr. Mur …
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From Fractions Struggle to Fractions Success
September 6, 2018
For many elementary and middle school children, fractions are the scariest topic in their mathematics classroom. How can a fraction represent something larger than the number one? How can three-fifths be smaller than three-fourths when five is bigger t …
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