The Maine Department of Education will begin withholding October subsidy payments from school units that are missing any one of three financial reports that were due in late August and mid-September.
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The Regional Educational Laboratory – Northeast and Islands, to which Maine belongs, will host a webinar on Oct. 6 focused on the implementation of the Common Core state standards for math.
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Note: This dispatch has been updated because the workshop scheduled to take place at Long Creek Youth Development Center on Oct. 28 has been canceled.
The Maine Departments of Education and Corrections are collaborating to sponsor two workshops at Maine’s juvenile corrections centers that focus on reintegrating school-age youth from juvenile detention into the school environment.
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Maine reports Adequate Yearly Progress results showing fewer than one third of schools making arbitrary targets
AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Education released its annual report today on the progress of schools under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
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At the request of superintendents looking to plan for future years, the Department of Education has prepared a spreadsheet showing estimated preliminary subsidy amounts for school districts for 2012-13.
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The Maine Department of Education has added further explanation to the “General Education Intervention” section of a question-and-answer document explaining the Maine Unified Special Education Regulations.
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Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen will join Gov. Paul LePage, Maine Development Foundation President Laurie Lachance, and education and business leaders from Maine’s Midcoast on Oct. 3 for a wide-ranging discussion about the role of education in that region’s economy.
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We’ve had a flurry of activity here at the Department of Education ever since the Obama administration last week released guidelines for states interested in securing waivers from certain provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind law.
AUGUSTA – Seventeen Maine schools are joining a small group of schools from across the nation that have raised the bar when it comes to fostering an environment of wholesome nutrition and frequent physical activity.
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Maine Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen released the following statement today in response to President Obama’s announcement of new flexibility for states from No Child Left Behind accountability requirements:
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