Teachers dig into data to improve teaching and learning.
TURNER — Teachers at Turner Primary School are trying to figure out how they can best use data to improve the instruction they offer their 300 students in pre-kindergarten through third grade.
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Laurette Darling of Albert Hall School could win Presidential Award for her science teaching
AUGUSTA – Laurette Darling, a fourth grade teacher at the Albert Hall School in Waterville, has been named a science finalist for the 2010 Presidential Award for Excellence for Mathematics and Science Teaching. If chosen as a winner, Darling will go to Washington, D.C. next year to be recognized.
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ADMINISTRATIVE LETTER: 11
POLICY CODE: IHBE
ADMINISTRATIVE LETTER: 10
POLICY CODE: IHBE
A stakeholder group removes the last barrier in the Race to the Top application
AUGUSTA – A stakeholder group representing teachers, principals and other educators took action on Wednesday making it possible for Maine to complete its application for up to $75 million in federal education reform funds.
Dozens of school districts have already agreed to participate in Maine’s Race to the Top application with more expected by Friday’s deadline. The stakeholder group’s action – approving the first of several teacher and principal evaluation systems – removes the last barrier to Maine’s application. Gov. John Baldacci established the group by executive order to expedite the work.
International expert in standards-based education, education commissioner to explain Maine’s work with RISC
AUGUSTA – Every 26 seconds, a student drops out of high school in America. More than 3,000 students each year in Maine do not graduate with their class.
Rich DeLorenzo, co-founder of the non-profit Re-Inventing Schools Coalition Foundation, and Maine Education Commissioner Susan Gendron will present an overview of standards-based education and how it is engaging students and re-shaping education in Maine and elsewhere.
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