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Six Schools Selected For Expanded Sports Improvement Project, Kay Hyatt
Six Schools Selected For Expanded Sports Improvement Project, Kay Hyatt
General University of Maine Publications
Six Maine high schools have been selected for the second round of a corporate sponsored project to align, evaluate and strengthen the contribution of athletics to local and state educational reform efforts. Sports, Schools and Learning Results, funded by the UNUM Foundation and sponsored by the Maine Center for Coaching Education at the University of Maine, was initiated last year at four schools and is providing one of the first models of program assessment that is grounded in Maine's new performance-based standards.
Student Research Indicates Need For Greater Awareness, More Effective Intervention To Reduce Courtship Violence, Kay Hyatt
General University of Maine Publications
The latest dating violence survey of a small random sampling of UMaine undergraduates indicates no significant decline in courtship acts of violence over the past 15 years, despite heightened public awareness and prevention programs on the UMaine campus and throughout society. The study is conducted on a five-year basis by students in Professor Robert Milardo's Research Methods in Child Development and Family Relations course. The information is revealing and consistent with national data of dating violence among college undergraduates, according to research project coordinators Wendy Weise and Alisa Meggison, graduate students in the College of Education & Human Development.
Sports Advancing Academic Standards In Maine, Kay Hyatt
Sports Advancing Academic Standards In Maine, Kay Hyatt
General University of Maine Publications
As schools across the country gear up for the challenges of the growing educational standards movement, an unlikely force is giving shape and substance to the Maine Leaming Results. Coaches participating in a University of Maine pilot project are providing one of the first models of program assessment and improvement that is solidly grounded in Maine's new educational reform standards.
Youth Sports Program Begins Fifth Year In Maine, Kay Hyatt
Youth Sports Program Begins Fifth Year In Maine, Kay Hyatt
General University of Maine Publications
The National Youth Sports Program (NYSP) has lined up a full slate of activities and another top-notch staff for its fifth season which begins June 26 at the University of Maine. The six-week program offer a variety of skill-building and educational opportunities for area boys and girls ages 10-16 whose families or guardians meet Department of Health and Human Services income guidelines. There is no cost to participants, and transportation is provided, if needed, within the greater Bangor area, including north to Lincoln, south to Newport, east to Ellsworth, and west to Dover-Foxcroft.