Students praise learner-centered instruction at RTI conference

Hall-Dale High School seniors Anais Truman, Spencer Shagoury, Harry Cheung and Kurt Thiele present at the statewide RTI Conference.
Hall-Dale High School seniors (from left) Anais Truman, Spencer Shagoury, Harry Cheung and Kurt Thiele present at the statewide RTI Conference.
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Teachers, administrators and superintendents eager to incorporate response to intervention (RTI) and student-centered learning practices into their curricula flooded the Augusta Civic Center for breakout training sessions at the Experts Down the Hall conference on Monday. But it was seven RSU 2 students who stole the show during the student panel on learner-centered instruction.

This year’s Hall-Dale High School seniors will be the first graduating class to have spent all four secondary education years in a student-centered learning environment—and they raved about their experience.

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RTI launches new website and support guidelines

The Maine DOE recently revamped its RTI website, offering guidance tools to help schools and teachers identify students at risk for poor learning outcomes, monitor student progress, identify students with disabilities, provide evidence-based interventions and adjust the intensity of those interventions depending on a student’s responsiveness.

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Make pledge, observe 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance

The “I Will” service project initiative calls on each citizen to pay tribute to 9/11 victims and first responders by performing a “good deed,” meaning a personal act of service or an act of “neighboring,” on the 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance. “I Will” is organized nationally by My Good Deed, a foundation started by family members of those lost on 9/11.

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Education leaders develop middle-level learning at Bright Futures meeting

The Department of Education’s Bright Futures report, a report on the current state of middle-level education to make recommendations for improvement, brought 64 leaders from all avenues of education to Belgrade Lakes last month. Continue reading “Education leaders develop middle-level learning at Bright Futures meeting” →

Bowen statement on report showing Maine next to last in rate of student achievement growth

Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen issued the following statement in response to today’s release of “Achievement Growth:  International and U.S. State Trends in Student Performance” by Harvard’s Program on Education Policy and Governance.

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