Two children’s books honored with 2018 Correll Book Awards
The 2018 Correll Book Awards for Excellence in Early Childhood Informational Text were announced at the Correll Early Literacy Conference held at the University of Maine.
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Maine Schools in Focus: Lifespan Literacy Community supports grassroots initiatives statewide
The Lifespan Literacy Community is a consortium of groups working in Maine to develop grassroots initiatives across the state designed to support, improve and celebrate literacy among all the state’s citizens, from birth throughout life.
Read more7th annual Correll Early Literacy Conference to be held April 28
The seventh annual Correll Early Literacy Conference will be held Saturday April 28 in the Memorial Union’s Bangor Room on the University of Maine campus.
Read moreWABI reports on education program for female inmates
WABI (Channel 5) reported on an education program for women inmates at Penobscot County Jail. The program is offered by Literacy Volunteers of Bangor, Riverside Adult Education, and the University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development. The “What Now? What’s Next?” program helps women get their high school diploma or transition to college, provides […]
Read moreRepublican Journal advances info session on new graduate literacy cohort
The Republican Journal reported the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast will hold an information session about a new cohort being formed for UMaine’s fall 2018 graduate early literacy program.
Read moreHuman babies and animal babies talk to each other at UMaine’s Witter Farm
The Language and Literacy Play Partners program recently went to UMaine’s Witter Farm to meet the animals and build language for the babies in the group.
Read moreLifespan Literacy Community now registering families for young child play programs
The Lifespan Literacy Community at the Lindlof Center on the University of Maine campus is now registering families for its Language and Literacy Play Partners Program.
Read moreMedia report on pilot program involving education professors, inmates
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.
Read moreUMaine education professors working behind bars with female inmates at Penobscot County Jail
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.
Read moreCorrell Book Awards honor a pair of children’s books
Two children’s books are being honored with 2017 Correll Book Awards for Excellence in Early Childhood Informational Text.
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