Mary Ellin Logue, an associate professor in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, was interviewed by the Morning Sentinel for an article about the state’s Early Head Start programs and potential budget cuts.
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By nature, new curriculum standards such as Common Core or the Next Generation Science Standards have the appearance of being well established ideas for education. Often, however, standards are more visionary, projecting past what is now achievable to what could be achieved in future.
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Dayton Daily News of Ohio spoke with Elizabeth Allan, a professor of higher education at the University of Maine and director of the National Hazing Prevention Consortium, for the article, “Hazing ‘normalized’ in our culture, expert says.”
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TIME magazine spoke with Elizabeth Allan, a professor of higher education at the University of Maine and director of the National Hazing Prevention Consortium, for the article, “4 ways to crack down on hazing at fraternities.”
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WABI (Channel 5) and WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on a pilot program being tested at the Penobscot County Jail to provide educational opportunities for female inmates.
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Without a stable economic base, greater numbers of Maine children encounter adverse or challenging circumstances in their lives outside of school, including a lack of access to safe and affordable housing, food insecurity, and growing numbers of adults struggling with substance abuse.
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Catharine Biddle, an assistant professor of educational leadership at the University of Maine, spoke with The 74 for the article, “Solving the rural education gap: Experts weigh in on new report’s findings tying gap to prosperity.”
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WABI (Channel 5) recently reported on University of Maine students who spent a week on Swan’s Island as part of a May Term travel-study course.
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University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development, Riverside Adult Education Partnership and Literacy Volunteers of Bangor have teamed up to provide much-needed educational opportunities for female inmates at Penobscot County Jail.
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The Virginian-Pilot mentioned research from a 2008 University of Maine study in the editorial, “To stop hazing deaths, change the culture.”
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