EHD 573 Epidemic Extra Credit Videos & Cover Email

Extra credit videos for the course Introduction to Education Statistics, on some of the mathematical principles involved in understanding pandemics, taught by Craig A. Mason, Professor of Education and Applied Quantitative Methods, University of Maine. Also, includes cover email from Professor Mason to the Provost Office regarding the videos

Secular Humanism and the Definition of Religion: Extending a Modified Ultimate Concern Test to Mozert v. Hawkins County Public Schools and Smith v. Board of School Commissioners

This Comment defends an expansive definition of religion which is uniform under the establishment clause and under the free exercise clause. This Comment, to effect this expansion, constructs empirical indicators of religion for use in establishment clause cases. This proposed approach distinguishes science from values and philosophies, and only the latter two might be called secular humanism. This distinction incorporates longstanding Supreme Court jurisprudence allowing the teaching of evolution. Expanding religious protection under the free exercise clause made a balancing approach necessary.\u27 Similarly, using an expansive definition of religion to broaden the scope of the establishment clause will require more extensive balancing of state interests against disestablishment values

Secular Humanism and the Definition of Religion: Extending a Modified Ultimate Concern Test to \u3ci\u3eMozert v. Hawkins County Public Schools\u3c/i\u3e and \u3ci\u3eSmith v. Board of School Commissioners\u3c/i\u3e

This Comment defends an expansive definition of religion which is uniform under the establishment clause and under the free exercise clause. This Comment, to effect this expansion, constructs empirical indicators of religion for use in establishment clause cases. This proposed approach distinguishes science from values and philosophies, and only the latter two might be called secular humanism. This distinction incorporates longstanding Supreme Court jurisprudence allowing the teaching of evolution. Expanding religious protection under the free exercise clause made a balancing approach necessary.\u27 Similarly, using an expansive definition of religion to broaden the scope of the establishment clause will require more extensive balancing of state interests against disestablishment values

Mobility in Maine Schools: Impact on Student Performance and Proficiency

The report examined non-promotional mobility in several ways over different time periods and outcomes in order to determine whether common themes emerged in how mobility impacted students