Maylinda Boynton: UMaine is ‘home’
University of Maine graduate student and alumna Maylinda Boynton of Belfast, Maine learned a lot about performing arts at UMaine.
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UMaine study examines the role of gender in high school hazing
A new study from researchers in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development found that a hazing prevention workshop for high school athletes was effective at increasing students’ knowledge of hazing and making them more receptive to prevention measures.
Read moreWABI, BDN highlight high school hazing study
The Bangor Daily News highlighted research by professor of higher education Elizabeth Allan, assistant professor of higher education Leah Hakkola, doctoral student in higher education David Kerschner that focused on the role of gender and power in high school hazing.
Read moreMette co-authors op-ed for AJC.com education blog
Ian Mette, associate professor of educational leadership, co-wrote an opinion piece for the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Get Schooled education blog titled, “A generation endured test-centric schooling? Did it help?”
Read moreThe Maine Question: How have Maine schools dealt with the pandemic?
Last spring, when the coronavirus was causing major shifts in how schools educated children, associate professor of educational leadership Catharine Biddle and lecturer in educational leadership Maria Frankland, as well as students from the College of Education and Human Development did some research.
Read moreMette co-authors new article encouraging civic education to foster a stronger democracy
Creating more opportunities for civic education in U.S. schools can lead to a stronger democracy. That’s the argument of a new article co-written by UMaine associate professor of educational leadership Ian Mette in the September issue of School Administrator, the journal of the School Superintendents Association (AASA).
Read moreBiddle discusses pandemic-related achievement gaps with The Maine Monitor
Catharine Biddle, associate professor of educational leadership, talked with The Maine Monitor about how school officials in the state are managing student achievement gaps exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read moreWABI interviews Biddle about importance of resources during remote learning
Catharine Biddle talked with WABI about a study that sought to capture examples of interesting and innovative responses of Maine school districts to school closures last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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UMaine researchers release report on reopening Maine schools based on local districts’ initial coronavirus responses
“Moving beyond crisis schooling: What can we learn from the innovation of Maine districts to support remote student learning from March–June 2020?” is available online.
Read morePress Herald reports on effort to develop new remote learning models
The Portland Press Herald reported the University of Maine, Maine Department of Education and other educational organizations will design and pilot new models of remote learning.
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