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Commissioner Bowen to visit Belfast school Thursday on Promising Practices Tour

Posted on May 21, 2013 by | Leave a comment

BELFAST – Maine Department of Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen will visit Troy Howard Middle School in RSU 20 this Thursday to see student-centered education in action.

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Maine releases latest ed accountability results

Posted on October 11, 2012 by | Leave a comment

AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Education released its annual report Thursday on the progress of schools under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The results show a majority of schools not attaining the targets set under the federal rules.

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Request for ESEA flexibility formally submitted to feds

Posted on September 6, 2012 by | Leave a comment

AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Education formally submitted a request for flexibility under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (or No Child Left Behind Act) to the federal government Thursday afternoon.

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Maine residents join first forum online to discuss ESEA flexibility draft

Posted on August 21, 2012 by | Leave a comment

A small group of Maine residents joined an online forum Monday night to provide Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen with feedback on the Department’s draft proposal for flexibility under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

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Join statewide discussion on ESEA flexibility

Posted on August 20, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Author icon: Head shot of Commissioner Stephen BowenWell, the time has come.

For nearly the past year, we’ve been working on a proposal for flexibility under the decade-old No Child Left Behind Act (or Elementary and Secondary Education Act). Maine will submit its application by Sept. 6, and it’s important to us to involve the public one more time as we finalize a plan for creating a better school accountability and improvement system.

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Seeking public feedback on education plan

Posted on August 15, 2012 by | Leave a comment

AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Education is inviting the public to weigh in one last time on its plan for creating a fairer and more constructive system for holding schools accountable and helping them improve.

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Last chance for input on ESEA flexibility

Posted on August 15, 2012 by | 1 Comment

The Maine DOE will submit a formal request for flexibility under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to the U.S. Department of Education by Sept. 6. Maine is looking to create a fairer and more constructive system for holding schools accountable and helping them improve.

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A call for ESEA flexibility feedback

Posted on May 31, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Author icon: Head shot of Commissioner Stephen Bowen

This week, in addition to the usual updates about our work, I will ask for something from you. The September 2012 deadline to request flexibility from the federal government in Maine’s implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act (or Elementary and Secondary Education Act) is growing nearer, and we at the Department need your feedback to develop our proposal.

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Discussion, continued: Maine’s request for ESEA flexibility

Posted on May 29, 2012 by | 2 Comments

We want to hear from you.

The Maine DOE has entered the second, more earnest, phase of work developing an accountability and improvement system that’s thoughtful, fair and constructive; a system that considers multiple valid measures in determining the performance of students and schools; and a system that helps struggling schools improve rather than feel stigmatized.

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Starting the serious work of crafting a new accountability system

Posted on February 13, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Author icon: Head shot of Commissioner Stephen BowenWhen we took to the road in December, we wanted to hear what the public had to say about the system we use to hold our schools accountable. And hear from the public we did. We had more than 1,500 people respond to an online survey; several dozen turned out at public forums in Bangor, Portland and online.

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