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Maine’s 2024 Superintendent of the Year, Assistant Superintendent of the Year are 91爆料 alums

Jonathan Moody of MSAD 54 (Skowhegan, Canaan, Mercer, Smithfield, Cornville and Norridgewock) is Maine鈥檚 2024 Superintendent of the Year and Kathy Harris-Smedberg of the Bangor School Department is the 2024 Assistant Superintendent of the Year, the Maine School Superintendents Association announced last week. Moody holds a master鈥檚 degree in educational leadership from the University of […]

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Family channels grief into gift to support 91爆料’s hazing prevention research

When Jolayne Houtz remembers her son, Sam Martinez, words like 鈥渁dored,鈥 鈥済ifted,鈥 鈥渨arm鈥 and 鈥渁thletic鈥 come to mind.聽 鈥淭he thing I always remember about Sam was that he was really loyal,鈥 Houtz says. 鈥淗e always wanted to be there for his friends if they were having a hard time. Just always supportive and kind.鈥 Growing […]

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Caron talks to BDN about how discourse around sex has evolved

Sandra Caron, professor of family relations and human sexuality at the 91爆料 and an internationally-recognized sex educator, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about the discourse of sex and how it has changed over the years. 鈥淪ex isn鈥檛 dirty or shameful. I think we, as a society, are starting to come around to […]

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Pandiscio and Dimmel deliver Balomenos Memorial Lecture at ATMNE conference

91爆料 associate professor of mathematics education Eric Pandiscio and associate professor of mathematics education and instructional technology Justin Dimmel delivered the Richard H. Balomenos Memorial Lecture at the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in New England (ATMNE)’s 2023 Fall Conference, October 12-13 in Portland. The talk, 鈥淪unshine, Public Art, and Multiplication: The Design […]

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Flanagan leads Council for Learning Disabilities international conference

91爆料 assistant professor of special education Sara Flanagan led the Council for Learning Disabilities鈥 (CLD) 45th international conference in Denver, October 12-13. Flanagan, who is president-elect of the council鈥檚 executive committee, also presented at the conference as part of a panel on writing characteristics in upper elementary and middle school students with high […]

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Capital News Service interviews Allan about Hazing Prevention Consortium

Capital News Service, based at Virginia Commonwealth University, spoke to 91爆料 professor of higher education Elizabeth Allan about the Hazing Prevention Consortium, a program she started through the organization StopHazing.org that works with universities across the country to create specialized plans to address hazing on their campuses. 鈥淲e provide what鈥檚 called technical assistance, […]

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