The first few years of a teacher’s career are arguably the most important. As with any profession, they lay the foundation for the habits and routines that lead to success down the road.
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Catharine Biddle, an assistant professor of educational leadership at the University of Maine, spoke with Maine Public for a report about a Medway Historical Society project that is connecting older residents with middle school students.
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The University of Maine was mentioned in the Bangor Daily News article, “These Down East schools want to fix rural education.”
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Catharine Biddle, an assistant professor of educational leadership at the University of Maine, was a recent guest on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show focused on the state’s teacher shortage, particularly in areas such as special education and world languages.
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Gordon Donaldson, professor emeritus of education at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Bangor Daily News article, “Making more good teachers is hard, but here are ideas for how to try.”
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Catharine Biddle, an assistant professor of educational leadership at the University of Maine, was quoted in the Charleston Gazette-Mail article, “Can putting the least-experienced teachers in the highest-risk schools ever result in success?”
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Catharine Biddle, an assistant professor of educational leadership at the University of Maine, wrote a Maine Focus piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “4 ways we can all support students in poverty.”
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Catharine Biddle, an assistant professor of educational leadership at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about rural Aroostook County shattering expectations at sending high schoolers on to higher education.
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A survey of Maine school principals conducted by the University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development was cited in the Bangor Daily News report, “How Maine hurt education by trying to reform it.”
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Gordon Donaldson, professor emeritus of education at the University of Maine, spoke with Maine Public for the report, “10 years later, Maine schools still wrestle with district consolidation.”
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