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College of Education and Human Development to welcome Tree Street Youth students for campus tour, diversity dialogue

The public is invited to a diversity dialogue with students from Tree Street Youth during their visit to 91БЌСЯ on Tuesday, Feb. 21.

Maine Schools in Focus: Maine’s Charter SchoolsтA Five-Year Update

Five years into Maineтs experience, what have we learned about the stateтs unique brand of public charter school?

Professor examines 100 years of rural education research

What can you learn by studying 100 years of academic writing about rural education in the United States? For Catharine Biddle, assistant professor of educational leadership at the 91БЌСЯ, itтs this: the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Education Week publishes commentary by Biddle

Education Week published the commentary тHow education is failing rural America,т by Catharine Biddle, an assistant professor of educational leadership at the 91БЌСЯ, and Daniella Hall, a postdoctoral fellow at the Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy.

Maine Schools in Focus: How Far Have We Come? Looking Back a Century

The turning of the new year prodded us to look back in time for some perspective on Maine schools in 2017. The annual “state of the schools” report for 1915-16 offers a few perhaps useful observations.

PREP to host several meetings, training events in coming months

The Penobscot River Educational Partnership (PREP) has several meetings and educator trainings scheduled for late 2016 and early 2017.

91БЌСЯ study, Allan cited in Broadly report on alleged hazing at Hofstra University

Broadly mentioned research from a 2008 91БЌСЯ study in an article about an alleged violent hazing ritual at Hofstra University in New York.

Maine Schools in Focus: Riding the School BusтCosts and Conundrums

Bus rides are one of the “givens” of public schooling. Without them, many if not most U.S. children would not have access to a free, appropriate education. But transportation is also one of the more intractable challenges facing educators.

Maine Schools in Focus: To Boost Job and College Readiness, Put Resources Where They Can Help Most

In September, Educate Maine, a тbusiness-led education advocacy organizationт and the Maine State Chamber of Commerce issued a policy brief, “College and Career Readiness for Maine.” The brief calls for тfull, statewide implementation of the college and career readiness strategies outlinedт in its pages. And it goes on to stress that the recommended seven strategies and 15 actions be applied particularly to Maine students from low-income families, noting that they are less likely to be proficient in math and reading, to graduate from high school, or to go on to college.

91БЌСЯ professor brings giant map of Europe to Leonard Middle School

A giant map of Europe is currently taking up a portion of the gymnasium floor at Leonard Middle School in Old Town, where students are using it to study the geography and culture of the continent.

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