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A Look at the Evidence on the Impact of Family Functioning, Stress, and Parenting Behaviors on Social Emotional Skills and Functioning of Early Head Start Children In the first episode of Season 5, Dr. Jason Hustedt and Ph.D. candidate Cara Kelly from UD’s Department of Human Development and Family Sciences discuss the critical role of…

The Social Policy and Inequality (SPI) Workshop is a new workshop/speaker series that features research presentations on critical issues related to social policy and inequality and provides an intellectual community for faculty and graduate students. We welcome students and faculty from across the University of Delaware to join us! The SPI Workshop is organized by…

WHYY reports on Delaware schools’ partnership with the University of Delaware to improve K–3 literacy rates, addressing critical ‘blind spots’. As seventy-five percent of fourth-graders in the state lack reading proficiency, the Delaware RPP, which begins next month, seeks to deliver findings within three years and create actionable steps to increase literacy outcomes. Learn More Here!

Join colleagues from across campus to learn more about research partnerships, share strategies, troubleshoot projects, and find new resources! This fall sessions will be held virtually on the 3rd Friday from 12-1.  Bring your lunch AND your experiences to share! Sign up for all PLC sessions here! September 20 – Getting to know Delaware Schools…

DE Administrators–We Hear You! We engaged DE administrators from across the state of Delaware to formalize an understanding of best practices researchers can consider when initiating contact and building relationships with schools, directly from the perspective of school and district leaders. In developing these understandings from practitioners, we sought to ensure the information authentically represents…