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Another Alumna in School Leadership Role

October 16, 2018
Dr. Taryn Fletcher is the new deputy superintendent of schools for Camden, New Jersey. As the second in command, she is overseeing academic programming for the city’s public schools. Dr. Fletcher has deep roots at Wilmington University. She earned a bachelor’s degree in primary education, a master’s degree in education school leadership and a doctoral degree in educational leadership and…
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Delaware Counselor of the Year: A Game Changer

August 9, 2018
Laura Malmstrom, a Wilmington University alumna and adjunct faculty member, is the 2018 Delaware Counselor of the Year. For the past 12 years, she has served as school counselor at Sarah Pyle Academy in Wilmington, a designated breakthrough school which focuses on the needs…
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Teaching Art From the Heart

May 24, 2018
WilmU master’s candidate named Delaware Art Educator of 2018 Art is an opportunity, says Elizabeth Eggleston, a teacher who’s studying toward a Master’s degree in Education at Wilmington University.”As an art educator, I want to open up new worlds for…
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Education Expertise in Excellence

April 25, 2018
A nationally recognized expert in curriculum and assessment has worked with Wilmington University’s Special Education Program Review and Development group, as part of WilmU’s commitment to revising and improving special education programs. Dr. June Robinson is an associate professor of Education at the Indiana Institute of Technology. She worked with the review and development group on…
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Dr. Curtiss at Harvard

January 11, 2018
Dr. Pam Curtiss spent two weeks at Harvard working with a group of professors and practitioners in a major study that uses videotaping to improve teacher performance in the classroom. “Deliberate teaching is the only way to impact student achievement,” says Dr. Curtiss…
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WilmU Doctoral Student Leads New Education Office

November 17, 2017
When Delaware Gov. John Carney created the Delaware Department of Education’s new Office of Improvement and Innovation, he appointed WilmU doctoral candidate Dorrell Green to run it. Dorrell Green Governor Carney announces Selection to lead Department of Education’s…
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The Educator: Margie Lopez-Waite

November 16, 2017
This alumna is Head of School at Las Américas ASPIRA Academy. “As long as I’m head of this school, there will be a dress code.” Margie Lopez-Waite’s naturally cheerful mien hardens a touch when she speaks those words. Her stance on uniforms evolved from painful childhood experiences that she shares with new students at Las Américas ASPIRA Academy (LAAA) in Newark. On the first day of…
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From Pageant to Ph.D.

October 27, 2017
Brittany Lee Lewis, a former Wilmington University graduate student and faculty member, has been crowned Miss Black America in Philadelphia. She earned a master’s in Secondary Teaching from WilmU, where she graduated with a 4.0 grade point average. During her studies at…
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WilmU at the ‘Hill’

August 16, 2017
It was a productive day on Capitol Hill with the COE’s Dr. Olivia Roane. Dr. Olivia Roane, Assistant Chair of Graduate Teacher Preparation Programs Faculty from the College of Education at Wilmington University discuss the pros and cons of standardized testing. Dr.
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A Promising — and Practical — Path for Education Leaders

June 29, 2017
Wilmington University’s Ed.D. in Educational Leadership expands to include concentrations in Teacher Leadership and School Leadership, making the program more practical for educators who want to lead — and remain at the school level. Educators want to lead, but they also want to remain at the school level. First, a little history: Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin verb…
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