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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The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of MaineCare continues to work with the Department of Education to find solutions to some fundamental issues regarding reimbursements for services provided to MaineCare-eligible students in Special Purpose Private Schools (SPPS) and public school administrative units (SAUs).
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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Two elementary school teachers and one middle school special education teacher have been named the state finalists for the title of 2013 Maine Teacher of the Year.
The 2013 finalists are: Kathy Bousquet, a second- and third-grade looping teacher at Central School in South Berwick; Shannon Shanning, a seventh- and eighth-grade special education teacher at Whittier Middle School in Poland; and Beth Switzer, a fourth-grade teacher at Coastal Ridge Elementary School in York. Continue reading “Teacher of the Year finalists named”
John Bapst High School in Bangor was recently ranked first in northern New England for the percentage of students taking college level courses.
The Maine Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Office of Substance Abuse in the Department of Health and Human Services, announces the third administration of the Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey (MIYHS) with a survey administration period of between February 4 and 15, 2013.
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In coordination with the Department of Education, MaineCare Services has developed a listserve specific to MaineCare-covered services that are provided in an educational setting. Continue reading “Sign up for MaineCare in education e-newsletter”
In an effort to make data training opportunities available, the Maine Department of Education has created a survey to guide training decisions. Continue reading “Call for data training feedback”
The Department is moving to require work or business email addresses for all school staff. This is a broadening of the current requirement of work/business emails for principals and superintendents.
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We have become aware that there is an issue with Item # 3 in the school administrative unit (SAU) section of the EF-I-291 Basic School Approval Form.
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