Category Archives: Press Releases

Press releases from before January 1, 2010, are in the archive.

Student artists to be celebrated on 2012-13 laptop screensaver

AUGUSTA – Twenty student artists will have an audience of more than 72,000 students and teachers for their artwork starting this fall. The 20 students from across Maine have won the honor to have their artwork included in the Maine Learning Technology Initiative laptop screensaver for the 2012-13 school year.

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Charter school commission to hold public input sessions

The following is a news release from the Maine State Charter School Commission.

Newly formed panel to hear from public in Portland, Bangor, Augusta about regional educational needs

AUGUSTA – The newly formed Maine State Charter School Commission will hit the road in early March to hear from the public about educational needs in each Maine region that could be addressed by a charter school.

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Portland and Sanford Communities Receive $9m in Grants

The following was released today by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation.

Nellie Mae Education Foundation supports student-centered learning initiatives

QUINCY, MA – Two Maine communities received three-year grants from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation (NMEF), the largest charitable organization in New England focused exclusively on education, totaling more than $9 million to support “student-centered” approaches to learning. Continue reading

Maine DOE makes plans for improved accountability

AUGUSTA – The education commissioners in Maine and New Hampshire sent a joint letter to Washington, D.C., today that outlines their plans to craft a thoughtful, fair and constructive system for holding their schools accountable and helping them improve. The letter lays out the two states’ intentions to get out from under the unfair and unrealistic No Child Left Behind accountability system, but through a deliberate and complete process that involves educators, parents and others in building an alternative.

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Maine Adult Ed shares joys of high-speed internet

AUGUSTA – Maine Adult Education programs from Kittery to Fort Kent are offering presentations to community groups to spread the word about how people can utilize broadband to further their education, find resources to improve their health, access government information and more.

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Gov. LePage, Commissioner Bowen announce new education initiatives

The following is a press release from the Office of Gov. Paul LePage

New legislation “puts students first”

AUGUSTA – Governor Paul LePage unveiled his education legislative agenda on Wednesday at the Somerset Career and Technical Education Center in Skowhegan. With the automotive shop as the backdrop, the Governor and Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen described four pieces of legislation that advance the work of designing an education system around student needs.

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Governor LePage: Expand Access, Improve Digital Learning

The following is a press release from the office of Gov. Paul LePage.

AUGUSTA – Governor Paul LePage on Wednesday issued an executive order directing the Maine Department of Education to develop a plan for expanding the digital learning opportunities available to Maine students.

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Test results released

Maine prepares for move to more advanced assessment system in three years

AUGUSTA – Maine students improved slightly in reading and more significantly in math in the latest New England Common Assessment Program tests, taken in October 2011. In writing, there was a slight decrease.

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Report calls for expanded access to college courses for high school students

AUGUSTA – A report released Monday outlines a series of steps toward realizing Gov. Paul LePage’s goal of getting more Maine students to take courses for college credit while still in high school and make faster progress toward earning two- and four-year degrees.

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Student videographers show impact of the arts

AUGUSTA — A team of four students at Troy Howard Middle School in Belfast set out to prove in a three-minute video that the impact of the performing arts stretches well beyond the theater. And a four-student team at Foxcroft Academy in Dover-Foxcroft set out to demonstrate how the arts and a little more color in life can lift a person’s spirit and boost productivity.

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