Tag Archives: University of Southern Maine

Teacher Professional Development Done Right

Today I have had the great pleasure of attending STEM: Innovation Forum 2015 in Portland, Maine. The forum was  sponsored by the Perloff Family Foundation, the University of Southern Maine, the Maine Community Foundation, and the Maine Space Grant Consortium. The forum was offered free of charge to educators in the state. The day-long program […]

Roadmap to School Improvement

  According to the study More Efficient Public Schools in Maine: Learning Communities Building the Foundation of Intellectual Work released August 10, 2012 by the Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation at the University of Southern Maine, some schools in Maine significantly outperform others both in terms of academic achievement and making the […]