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School of Education

  • Swimming With Sharks

    June 30, 2025

    Wading in the creek behind University of Delaware’s The College School, elementary students laughed and cheered as they met a challenge their teacher Laurie Drumm posed only a few months prior: build a robot that travels through water, mimics the chara …

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  • Research Spotlight: Steve Amendum

    May 30, 2025

    Multilingual learners (ML), or children whose home language is not English, make up about 15% of all kindergarten and first grade students in U.S. public schools. Yet, many teachers receive little preparation in ML instruction, and many feel unprepared …

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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 extracurri …

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  • Research Spotlight: Leigh McLean

    February 28, 2025

    Elementary school teachers often play a special role in their students’ lives, wiping away their kindergarteners’ tears when they’re missing their parents or supporting their fourth graders through a frustrating math lesson. It’s easy to imagine how a …

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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 edu …

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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 …

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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, …

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  • Research Spotlight: Sarah Curtiss

    April 29, 2024

    With graduation season around the corner, many autistic high school and college seniors may feel a unique tension between their hopes—what is possible—and their expectations—what is probable—when it comes to their future careers. Autistic youth face so …

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  • Reducing Anxiety in Elementary School Students

    April 2, 2024

    According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, nearly 12% of children and adolescents between the ages of 3 and 17 experience an anxiety or mood disorder, and symptoms can begin even before elementary school. Our schools can play an imp …

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  • Research Spotlight: Amanda Jansen

    March 27, 2024

    If your high schooler has ever complained about their math homework—wondering when they’ll ever need the pythagorean theorem after graduation—they are not alone. Research in mathematics education often shows that students’ motivation to learn math tend …

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