Using the online tool Diverse Book Finder, Mohamed Kilani ’21 and Norell Sherman ’21 have purchased 250 new picture books about many different cultures and languages for a Brunswick elementary school.
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Students in the Bowdoin Teacher Scholars program have had a double challenge this year: They've had to learn how to be teachers while also learning how to teach virtually.
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Wendy Amato '91 is chief academic officer at Learner’s Edge/Teaching Channel, which offers online continuing education courses to teachers. She recently hosted a series of webinars to support educators in distance learning.
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In Margaret Boyle's new class, students are teaching world languages to elementary school children in Brunswick. At the same time, they are conveying another important lesson.
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This one-hour webinar hosted by the Education Department will feature Seattle educator and scholar activist Jesse Hagopian. As a key leader in the Black Lives Matter at School Movement, Hagopian has organized within local, national, and international networks to bring the uprising for Black lives into schools.
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Assistant Professor of Education Alison Riley Miller is part of an ecosystem modeling project to help middle school students and teachers. Also involved are the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and Vanderbilt University.
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Elwaad Werah '21 spends the summer working with the Portland public school district helping low-income students of color prepare for college.
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When a much-anticipated internship at a molecular biology lab at Harvard became impossible due to the pandemic, Casey Chertavian ’22 found an equally fascinating opportunity with a researcher of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Professor of Education Doris Santoro talks about the challenges facing teachers trying to do their jobs in the current environment.
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High school social studies teacher Bree Candland ’01 has been recognized as Sagadahoc County Teacher of the Year.
Read moreStudents are able to coordinate studies in education with the liberal arts curriculum in a variety of ways—including research, community-engaged study, and teacher preparation.