The PreK-12 Resources for Educators and Families site includes links to helpful materials on topics such as social-emotional learning, trauma-informed teaching, special education, literacy and more.
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The Cross-disciplinary Online Training to promote Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Tele-Intervention for Maine (CONTAACT-ME) project will train educators to support young children with intensive communication needs and their families, including the use of augmentative and alternative communication tools.
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A new study from researchers in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development found that a hazing prevention workshop for high school athletes was effective at increasing students’ knowledge of hazing and making them more receptive to prevention measures.
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The Bangor Daily News highlighted research by professor of higher education Elizabeth Allan, assistant professor of higher education Leah Hakkola, doctoral student in higher education David Kerschner that focused on the role of gender and power in high school hazing.
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Ian Mette, associate professor of educational leadership, co-wrote an opinion piece for the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Get Schooled education blog titled, “A generation endured test-centric schooling? Did it help?”
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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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The University Training Center (UTC) for Reading Recovery® and Maine Partnerships in Comprehensive Literacy (MPCL) has finalized its professional development series for the 2020-21 school year. Ongoing professional development is key to the comprehensive literacy model that schools and districts across Maine have implemented with the help of the UTC. The model provides for continuous […]
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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 91 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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WABI talked with Deborah Rooks-Ellis and Sarah Howorth about their findings that telehealth technology may provide better and more equitable access to early intervention services for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder who live in rural areas.
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