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Gary Henry Named Dean of UD College of Education and Human Development
May 17, 2019
Gary T. Henry, a nationally recognized education policy scholar who has worked extensively in establishing educational partnerships and improving pre-K and K-12 school performance, has been named the next dean of the University of Delaware College of E …
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Delaware Computer Science Education Summit
April 12, 2019
An increasing number of Delaware high schools offer computer science courses. Still, there’s more work to be done to ensure that every child in the First State has the opportunity to learn computing skills that are essential for success in our modern e …
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UD Partnership with Red Clay Improves Student Writing
March 26, 2019
Over the past five years, Joshua Wilson, assistant professor in the University of Delaware’s School of Education (SOE) has partnered with Gaysha Beard, supervisor of English language arts at Red Clay School District, to study the effects of automated c …
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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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