The Maine Monitor interviewed Janet Fairman, co-director of the Maine Education Policy Research Institute (MEPRI) and associate professor in the College of Education and Human Development, about Maine’s teacher shortage.
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Penny Bishop, dean of the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, provided testimony to the Maine Legislature’s Joint Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs on Feb. 8 about proposed changes to Chapter 115, the state rule governing credentialing for teachers and other educational personnel.
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The Maine Education Policy Research Institute (MEPRI) published three reports this spring, all of which are now available on the MEPRI website.
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a study conducted by researchers with the University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development concluding that newborns who did not pass their initial hearing screen but who later were found to have typical hearing had higher rates of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in 5 to 10 years.
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Craig Mason, a professor of education and applied quantitative methods in the College of Education and Human Development, has been chosen as the 2020–21 University of Maine System Trustee Professor for UMaine.
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The new issue of UMaine Today, now online, includes an article on the 25th anniversary of the Maine Education Policy Research Institute.
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Newborns who did not pass their initial hearing screen but who later were found to have typical hearing had higher rates of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in five to 10 years, according to a study conducted by researchers with the University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development.
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The Maine Education Policy Research Institute (MEPRI), through the University of Maine, has conducted several studies in the past five years examining school districts’ readiness to start or expand public preschool, parents’ preferences for preschool, and the ways districts are structuring and delivering these programs in Maine.
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The Maine Education Policy Research Institute (MEPRI) was created through statute in 1995 and has provided on-going and broad-ranging service to the state for 25 years.
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