At Yarmouth High, the environment is technology

In biology class, Yarmouth High School students plug digital microscopes into their laptops to record video of the organisms they’re observing. They can refer to that video later in the day, outside the classroom.

During the uprising that led to the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, students in a Yarmouth High School social studies class used their laptops to learn from the Twitter postings that were pivotal in ending Mubarak’s reign.

And when Yarmouth students need to study for a quiz, many of them make flash cards using an online tool known as Quizlet and share them with classmates.

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In ‘ordinary’ district, standards-based transformation takes hold

When it comes to educational transformation, Victoria Burns prefers to think of her school district as ordinary.

“If we can do it, it’s something that can be translated to almost anyone,” said Burns, superintendent of School Administrative District 15, which serves Gray and New Gloucester.

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Commissioner Invitation to Superintendents’ Conference

May 23, 2011

Dear Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents of Schools:

I’m pleased to invite you to the 100th Annual School Superintendents’ and Assistant Superintendents’ Conference on June 27-28, 2011 at the Senator Inn in Augusta, Maine.

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