Across America, many students in K-12 classrooms struggle with learning materials and instruction that do not fit their needs. Researchers at UD are working to alleviate that mismatch.
Boosted by competitive grants totaling $4.3 million, the faculty of UD’s College of Education and Human Development are developing curricula that are more mindful of cultural differences in an increasingly diverse country. Ultimately, their efforts could improve educational opportunities for hundreds of thousands of K-12 students who have been marginalized over the years by traditional classroom material.
Using grants from the Institute of Education Sciences, the National Science Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, our faculty are poised to tackle these important questions: