Today we are joined by Dr. Tia Barnes, an associate professor in Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Delaware. Tia teaches courses related to special education, guidance and behavior, and social-emotional learning to both undergraduate and graduate students. Her work focuses on the social-emotional well-being of minoritized populations, utilizing social-emotional learning, culturally responsive pedagogy, and special education in her research. She will be discussing her research on SEL interventions in urban schools, offering evidence-based directions for further research ..read more

On this episode of the E4E podcast, we are joined by Dr. Amanda Jansen, a professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. Amanda’s research primarily focuses on students’ engagement in mathematics classrooms and teachers’ learning from their reflections on their own practice. Having experience as a junior high mathematics teacher prior to her time at UD, Amanda is passionate about continually improving UD’s elementary mathematics teacher education courses through research and development work. Today, Amanda will be discussing some of her recent research on secondary mathema ..read more

On this episode of the E4E podcast, we catch up with Dr. Brittany Zakszeski, an assistant professor specializing in school psychology in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. Brittany’s work focuses on students' mental and behavioral health via multi-tiered systems of support in schools. She discusses the use of school-wide positive behavioral supports to reduce discipline disproportionality and looks at the importance of equity-focused implementation of interventions. More Information Section: Episode Based on: Zakszeski, B., Rutherford, L., Heidelburg, K., & Thomas, L ..read more

On this episode of the E4E podcast, we join in on a conversation with Dr. Ken Shores, Arielle Lentz, and Dr. Bart Gill. Ken is an assistant professor specializing in education policy in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. His research is focused on educational inequality and encompasses both descriptive and causal inference. He addresses racial/ethnic and socioeconomic inequality in test scores, school disciplinary policy, classification systems, and school resources. Arielle is a second-year PhD student in the Education Statistics and Research Methods program at the Univers ..read more

On this episode of the E4E podcast, Dr.Janine de Novais discusses Brave Community, the pedagogical framework she developed for teaching, learning, and discussing race and racism. We also have Dr. Nathalie Princilus, the Supervisor of Unique Programs, Equity, Student and Staff Support in the Christina School District, and Monique Martin, the Equity Education Associate of the Office of Equity and Innovation in the Delaware Department of Education here, to discuss what the Brave Community method looks like in the context of Delaware schools and communities. Dr. Janine de Novais’ work focuses on t ..read more

In this episode, Dr. Rachel Karchmer-Klein, Lauren Boulden, and Dr. Maureen McDonald discuss the criticality of preparing K-12 students to be digitally literate. They share lessons from their new book, Next-Level Digital Tools and Teaching, including evidence-informed strategies in an effort to create instructional coherent technology-integrated instruction in the classroom, within a team, and across a district. Next Level Digital Tools and Teaching: https://www.tcpress.com/next-level-digital-tools-and-teaching-9780807766545 Improving Online Teacher Education: https://www.tcpress.com/improving ..read more

In this episode, Dr. Roberta Golinkoff and Alexus Ramirez discuss the developmental importance of using baby talk during early childhood and their work studying infant directed speech and language development ..read more

In this episode, Dr. Anamarie Whitaker discusses the child care crisis and the implications of President Biden’s Build Back Better plan on children, families, and child care educators and providers ..read more

On this episode of the E4E podcast, we are joined by Dr. Allison Karpyn and McKenna Halverson. Dr. Allison Kapryn is the Co-Director of the University of Delaware at the Center for Research in Education and Social Policy (CRESP) and an Associate Professor in the Department of the Human Development and Family Sciences at the University of Delaware. Her work spans from program evaluation methods, topics related to hunger, obesity, school food, supermarket access, food insecurity, and healthy corner stores, to strategies to develop and maintain farmer’s markets in low-income areas. McKenna Halver ..read more

In this episode of the E4E podcast, Dr. Allison Karpyn discusses food security and provides evidence-based recommendations for increasing access to quality nutrition for students and families in Delaware ..read more