Catharine Biddle, assistant professor of educational leadership, is the recipient of nearly $5,000 from the American Education Research Association (AERA) to continue her work with the Transforming Rural Experience in Education (TREE) program in Washington County. TREE — an initiative of the nonprofit Cobscook Community Learning Center — uses strengths-based, equitable, trauma-informed practices to support read more Biddle receives funding to continue research on rural schools and community well-being