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New E4E Episode: A Look at the Evidence on the Effect of Parental Involvement, Community Disadvantage and Economic Adversity on Academic Achievement
This week on the E4E Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Mellissa Gordon from UD’s College of Education and Human Development. Dr. Gordon shares her research on how family and community dynamics shape youth development, highlighting factors like parental involvement, economic adversity, and community disadvantage. Discover the protective strategies that can help at-risk youth thrive…
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New E4E Episode: The Power of Peer and Small Group Learning
The Power of Peer and Small Group Learning: A Look at the Evidence on Supporting Literacy Learning for Multilingual Learners through Small Group Text-based Discussions with Dr. Christina Budde In this episode of the E4E podcast, we welcome Dr. Christina Budde, an assistant professor specializing in language and literacy education at the University of Delaware.…
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New E4E Episode: The Family Factor of Social Emotional Development
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…
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Join the Social Policy and Inequality (SPI) Workshop Series
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…
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Learn More about the Delaware Early Literacy Research Practice Partnership!
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!
