AUGUSTA – Gov. Paul LePage signed into law this week legislation that will bolster Maine’s efforts to strengthen science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education from pre-kindergarten to the post-secondary level.
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NE school group receives national education recognition
The following was released today by the New England Secondary School Consortium.
Frank Newman Award honors pioneering five-state partnership
Denver, CO – On July 7, 2011, the Education Commission of the States will honor the New England Secondary School Consortium as the recipient of the prestigious 2011 Frank Newman Award for State Innovation during its 2011 National Forum on Education Policy in Denver. The award recognizes the Consortium’s bold example of state leadership, collaboration, expertise exchange, and resource sharing across states, as well as its commitment to promoting 21st -century skills, supporting high school innovation, reducing persistent achievement gaps, and graduating every student prepared for success in the colleges, careers, and communities of our global society.
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DOE offers Common Core English webinar
The Maine Department of Education today at 3 p.m. will offer a webinar focused on implementing the Common Core state standards for English.
Maine schools can get funds to innovate
Maine school districts have a chance this summer to prove they have a plan for boosting achievement in rural high schools, or deploying a cutting-edge science and technology program, and get it funded to the tune of millions of dollars.
Specialty plate would support kids’ recreation
A coalition of non-profit, social-service agencies is looking for 2,000 pre-orders of the Maine License Plate for Kids so the new specialty plate can become a reality.
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DOE offers Common Core math webinar
The Maine Department of Education will continue its series of webinars focused on implementing the Common Core state standards in a June 22 session focused on mathematics.
Maine DOE’s Dube to receive national award
A national organization is recognizing Nancy Dube, the Maine Department of Education’s school nurse consultant, for her contributions to school nursing and school health programs.
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Searsport stays ahead of the curve on standards
SEARSPORT – Representatives from more than 40 schools in Maine, Canada, Scotland and elsewhere have toured Searsport District High School over the past year.
Their mission?
Learn from a rural school of about 200 students – more than 60 percent of whom qualify for free- and reduced-priced lunches – that has executed a transformation by shifting entirely to a system of standards-based education.
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Reiche School will be teacher-led
PORTLAND — Reiche Community School is preparing to make history in a few months.
When summer vacation ends and classes resume, teachers, students and staff members will return to an elementary school without a principal.
Instead, the teachers will be in charge.
Confidence built through story-telling
MLTI Student Conference
ORONO – Joe Lien didn’t follow the conventional path to graduation at Poland Regional High School. But after four years, he’s a graduate with plans to enlist in the U.S. Navy and attend college after that.
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