Maine Educator Online, Perspectives, Spring 23
By Paul Johnson, Professor, University of Southern Maine and Jackie Edmondson, Professor, University of Southern Maine Governor Mills announced last September that students who had graduated from high school over the previous two years would be eligible to attend any...
Maine Educator Online, News, Perspectives, Winter 23
By Paul Johnson, Professor, University of Southern Maine and Lisa Botshon, Professor UMaine Augusta The University of Maine System (UMS) decided it needed to deliver more collaborative, market-relevant cross-campus programming. With that goal, UMS came up with a plan...
Maine Educator Online, Member's Only, Perspectives, Spring 22
By: Paul Johnson, AFUM Member In January, I received my copy of Maine Educator. The article that really struck me was “School Nurse Struggle.” Several nurses gave personal accounts of how they had been spoken to and treated over the past academic year. In addition to...
Fall 21, Maine Educator Online, Member's Only, News, Perspectives
The following is the opinion of Rob Taylor, a teacher at Spruce Mountain High School and union leader with the RSU 73 Education Association. I have real concerns about the year, regardless of how we return to school. Let’s take the best scenario – kids are...
