Sarah Howorth, associate professor of special education at the University of Maine, is the recipient of the 2025 Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Outstanding Leadership Award for her significant contributions to the council’s programs and activities.
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With the counseling center seeing an increase in neurodivergent clients in recent years, its staff invited Associate Professor of Special Education Sarah Howorth to share her expertise in two half-day training sessions.
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Janet Fairman, an associate professor of education at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development and co-director of the Maine Education Policy Research Institute (MEPRI), spoke to the Maine Morning Star about the recent National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test results, which showed Maine students scoring lower than they have in more than 30 years.
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UMaine News recently announced the fall 2024 Dean’s List. Of the students recognized campus-wide, more than 350 are from the College of Education and Human Development. The college list honors students from communities across Maine, as well as 22 other states and four countries other than the U.S.
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College of Education and Human Development Associate Dean for Academics and Student Engagement and Associate Professor of Mathematics Education and Instructional Technology Justin Dimmel talked to the Harpswell Anchor for a story about the Maine School Administrative District 75 (Harpswell, Topsham, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham) Board of Directors debating a new artificial intelligence (AI) policy for students and teachers.
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Maine Public and WGME (CBS 13 in Portland) interviewed Janet Fairman, an associate professor in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development and co-director of the Maine Education Policy Research Institute (MEPRI), on Maine’s K-12 student results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP or The Nation’s Report Card, and her research on the state’s education policy.
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WABI (Channel 5, Bangor) covered the College of Education and Human Development’s second annual Pinning and Recognition Ceremony, which recognizes new teacher candidates.
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More than 80 future educators were honored at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development’s second annual Pinning and Recognition Ceremony.
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Abuqawod and Ney are among more than 80 teacher education students invited to the UMaine College of Education and Human Development’s second annual Pinning and Recognition Ceremony on Friday, Jan. 24. The ceremony is designed to celebrate the college’s new teacher candidates — students who have reached the point in their academic career when they are able to start taking upper-level courses and have shown a commitment to becoming a teacher.
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Maine PBIS Initiative Coordinator Courtney Angelosante was quoted in a recent article in the Harpswell Anchor about an increase in special education enrollment in the state.
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