Mary Gresham, an administrator with more than 40 years of experience at a flagship public research university, has been named interim dean of the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, effective July 1.
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Old Town High School senior and U.S. Presidential Scholar Emma Hargreaves, who credits Reading Recovery for helping her overcome early struggles to achieve academic success.
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University of Maine alumni were among those honored last week as County Teachers of the Year by the Maine Department of Education and Educate Maine.
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Technology is here to stay, with new tools and innovations in communication, commerce, and production shared daily. Within the field of education, our charge has moved away from disseminating information to embracing a new paradigm in teaching and learning to prepare students for a dynamic and ever-changing future environment.
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Assistant professor of science and engineering education Asli Sezen-Barrie is the recipient of a summer faculty research award from the University of Maine’s Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School.
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Education Dive reported on a study of grading practices by Rebecca Buchanan, an assistant professor of curriculum, assessment and instruction at the University of Maine, and Brad Olsen of University of California Santa Cruz.
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The College of Education and Human Development will hold its annual recognition ceremony April 22 at Wells Conference Center.
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Sherry Brown, a doctoral student in prevention and intervention studies, was awarded the Provost’s Innovative and Creative Teaching Award at the 2019 University of Maine Student Symposium.
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Several University of Maine faculty and graduate students are participating in the 2019 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting taking place April 5-9 in Toronto. AERA gathers scholars from around the world in a variety of different educational disciplines to share their research.
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Justin Dimmel, assistant professor of mathematics education and instructional technology at the University of Maine, has been awarded nearly $50,000 by the Spencer Foundation to investigate students’ perceptions of geometric diagrams when using immersive spatial displays such as virtual reality.
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