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.
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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).
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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.
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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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The Penobscot Bay Pilot reported Belfast educator Laura Miller, RSU 71 assistant superintendent and director of curriculum, was named a recipient of the University of Maine’s Outstanding Scholarly-Practitioner in Educational Leadership Ed.D. Student Award.
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University of Maine alumni were among those honored on Thursday, May 14 as County Teachers of the Year by the Maine Department of Education and Educate Maine. Of the educators recognized, eight have degrees from UMaine.
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Laura Miller is the 2020 recipient of the Outstanding Scholarly-Practitioner in Educational Leadership Ed.D. Student Award.
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The Krissy Miner Memorial Award for Outstanding M.Ed. Student in Educational Leadership is presented to a master’s student in educational leadership who has demonstrated an affinity for their own leadership development as an educator.
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The nonprofit Rural Aspirations Project will host a virtual launch for its new website, Community Learning for Maine (CL4ME) on Thursday, May 14 from 4–5 p.m. on Zoom.
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A new book co-authored by Ian Mette, associate professor of educational leadership in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, provides a set of practical guidelines for educational leaders striving to renew their schools. “The Essential Renewal of America’s Schools: A Leadership Guide for Democratizing Schools from the Inside Out” will be […]
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