School of Education

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ETE alumnus leads Kentucky’s Fayette County Public Schools
August 10, 2015
Successful or struggling, urban, suburban and rural, University of Delaware alumnus Emmanuel (Manny) Caulk has worked in every type of educational setting. Since obtaining degrees in elementary teacher education and master’s in instruction from UD, Cau …
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Alumnus Lamont Browne receives Ryan Award
July 29, 2015
Lamont Browne, a three-time alumnus of the University of Delaware and CEO/executive director of EastSide Charter School and Family Foundations Academy, has been selected to receive the Ryan Award, a national award honoring transformational school princ …
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SOE professors receive $5 million grant for new research center
July 17, 2015
Before the school year begins, teachers at an elementary school will meet to set their curriculum and decide how to effectively teach their students. Educators and administrators at a school with a growing number of English language learners must decid …
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ETE alumna becomes 2015 National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellow
July 15, 2015
The sights and stories University of Delaware alumna Teagan Thomas experienced this summer seem straight out of a magazine. Thomas, a 2013 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in elementary teacher education from UD’s College of Education and Human Develo …
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Joshua Wilson studies teachers’ use of essay-scoring software
July 8, 2015
“Can we write during recess?” Some students were asking that question at Anna P. Mote Elementary School, where teachers were testing software that automatically evaluates essays for University of Delaware researcher Joshua Wilson. Wilson, assistant pro …
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ETE student receives Daniel and Lois Gray Memorial Scholarship
July 8, 2015
Autism Delaware has named five winners of the 2015 Autism Delaware Daniel and Lois Gray Memorial Scholarship, which is given annually to eligible University of Delaware students. The recipients are Madison Chase, Brianna Ciancaglini, Mary Beth Elberfel …
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Roberta Golinkoff receives lifetime achievement award
May 28, 2015
Roberta Golinkoff, Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Chair in the School of Education, and her long-time collaborator Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, professor of psychology at Temple University, have been awarded the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award. This award, the highe …
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Laura Eisenman receives Excellence in Undergraduate Advising Award
May 20, 2015
Dr. Laura Eisenman, associate professor in the School of Education and advisor for the interdisciplinary Disabilities Studies (DIST) minor, has been awarded a 2015 Excellence in Undergraduate Advising Award by the Faculty Senate’s Committee on Student …
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With new grant, CRESP evaluates affordable food initiative
May 19, 2015
In 2014, over 49 million Americans in low-income households struggled to put food on their tables, and 46 million Americans participated in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). In the same year, 95 …
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AERA honors Charles Hohensee for research on “backwards transfer”
April 30, 2015
The American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Special Interest Group for Research in Mathematics Education (SIG-RME) has awarded Charles Hohensee, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Delaware, the SIG-RME Early Ca …
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