Longtime education professor passes away
William Davis, a University of Maine professor of education for 38 years, passed away Sept. 9.
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Hadley White: Secondary education, French student reinforces career calling through Upward Bound summer job
Hadley White of Goffstown, New Hampshire, spent her summer in Presque Isle working as a resident director and French instructor for Upward Bound, a program that helps first-generation and low-income college-bound high school students succeed in higher education.
Read moreTaylor to serve on Reading Recovery Council board
Lori Taylor, a Reading Recovery trainer with the College of Education and Human Development’s University Training Center for Reading Recovery and Comprehensive Literacy, has been elected to a seat on the Reading Recovery Council of North America (RRCNA) Board of Directors.
Read moreMiranda Snyder: Education major makes a difference through leadership at youth activism camp, literacy program
Miranda Snyder of Brimfield, Massachusetts spent part of her summer immersed in activism and volunteering with youth.
Read moreUMaine partners with EDC, Mount Washington Observatory and others on NSF-funded project to promote data science education
The University of Maine is partnering with the Education Development Center (EDC) in Waltham, Massachusetts, Mount Washington Observatory (MWO) in North Conway, New Hampshire, and additional partners to help eighth-grade students in rural Maine and New Hampshire learn scientific data analysis and modeling skills. The new WeatherX project is funded by a three-year, $1.19 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
Read moreCommunity message about passing of a UMaine graduate student
The public education communities on and off campus are mourning the loss of Kristin “Krissy” Miner, a talented teacher, and University of Maine alumna and current master’s student. She died this past weekend at the age of 42.
Read moreDoctoral student receives funding to attend special education conference
Karen Robbie, a doctoral student in prevention and intervention studies, was one of 12 Ph.D. students nationwide to receive funding to attend the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2019 Special Education Legislative Summit.
Read moreReading Recovery – Young learners benefit from UMaine center
Reading Recovery works because it addresses a student’s individual needs. The program acknowledges that every student learns differently and that sometimes in order to progress as literacy learners, students need additional, focused instruction to support classroom instruction.
Read moreUMaine researchers explore the role of tone policing, calls for civility in student voice
Two University of Maine professors are out with new research examining how calls for civility and tone policing factor into the growing practice of student voice in preK–12 schools.
Read moreAndrew Vernon: Army veteran and KPE alum fights to raise awareness about veteran suicides
Andrew Vernon is on a mission to reverse a staggering statistic about military veterans: On average, 20 veterans commit suicide every day in the United States. It’s a number that has held steady for a decade, and Vernon says it’s time to do something about it.
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