Maine Schools in Focus: Maine’s Charter Schools—A Five-Year Update
Five years into Maine’s experience, what have we learned about the state’s unique brand of public charter school?
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Professor examines 100 years of rural education research
What can you learn by studying 100 years of academic writing about rural education in the United States? For Catharine Biddle, assistant professor of educational leadership at the University of Maine, it’s this: the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Read moreEducation Week publishes commentary by Biddle
Education Week published the commentary “How education is failing rural America,” by Catharine Biddle, an assistant professor of educational leadership at the University of Maine, and Daniella Hall, a postdoctoral fellow at the Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy.
Read moreMaine Schools in Focus: How Far Have We Come? Looking Back a Century
The turning of the new year prodded us to look back in time for some perspective on Maine schools in 2017. The annual “state of the schools” report for 1915-16 offers a few perhaps useful observations.
Read morePREP to host several meetings, training events in coming months
The Penobscot River Educational Partnership (PREP) has several meetings and educator trainings scheduled for late 2016 and early 2017.
Read moreUMaine study, Allan cited in Broadly report on alleged hazing at Hofstra University
Broadly mentioned research from a 2008 University of Maine study in an article about an alleged violent hazing ritual at Hofstra University in New York.
Read moreMaine Schools in Focus: Riding the School Bus—Costs and Conundrums
Bus rides are one of the “givens” of public schooling. Without them, many if not most U.S. children would not have access to a free, appropriate education. But transportation is also one of the more intractable challenges facing educators.
Read moreMaine Schools in Focus: To Boost Job and College Readiness, Put Resources Where They Can Help Most
In September, Educate Maine, a “business-led education advocacy organization” and the Maine State Chamber of Commerce issued a policy brief, “College and Career Readiness for Maine.” The brief calls for “full, statewide implementation of the college and career readiness strategies outlined” in its pages. And it goes on to stress that the recommended seven strategies and 15 actions be applied particularly to Maine students from low-income families, noting that they are less likely to be proficient in math and reading, to graduate from high school, or to go on to college.
Read moreUMaine professor brings giant map of Europe to Leonard Middle School
A giant map of Europe is currently taking up a portion of the gymnasium floor at Leonard Middle School in Old Town, where students are using it to study the geography and culture of the continent.
Read moreMaine Schools in Focus: Great Schools Need Great Teachers—What Can We Do About Shortages?
Maine’s teacher shortages for the current year, reported by the U.S. Department of Education, include math, science, special education, world languages, English as a Second Language, gifted and talented, industrial arts, and school librarians. How can our schools meet the learning proficiency goals of our children if they cannot recruit fully qualified teachers?
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