The 2012 Maine Teacher of the Year, Alana Margeson from Caribou High School, and the five finalists were honored at a banquet and awards ceremony Friday evening in Bangor. Margeson received the title of 2012 Maine Teacher of the Year in a surprise all-school assembly in September.
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The Southern Maine Area Resource Team for Schools and Syntiro are offering training sessions this fall focused on Response to Intervention.
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The Department of Education often receives payments by check from schools and school districts for workshops and other services. The checks often come in without a clear indication of their purpose.
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Ed commissioner calls for focus on literacy in light of latest NAEP scores
AUGUSTA – Maine Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen said nationwide test results released today are modestly encouraging in some areas, but point to the need for more and better sharing of best practices and resources across the state. He called on his Department and schools to undertake a concerted effort to improve literacy achievement.
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Below are the remarks I delivered to curriculum leaders, superintendents and school board members at separate conferences last week.
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