Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen spoke today at the Maine Administrators of Career and Technical Education Professional Development Conference at the Somerset Career and Technical Center in Skowhegan.
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The following is a press release from the Maine State Board of Education.
FARMINGTON – The Maine State Board of Education took the first steps toward creating a State Charter School Commission, as called for in the public charter school law that passed the Legislature earlier this year.
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The discussion at Rockland’s Strand Theatre was a productive one. Our educators spoke of ambitious plans to make learning an engaging experience for our students by connecting them with resources and experiences that interest them — whether they’re within the school building, at the local career and technical education center, at a nearby community college or at a university campus.
On Monday, I joined Gov. Paul LePage, Midcoast-area school administrators, and representatives from that region’s higher education and business communities to discuss education as an economic imperative for Maine’s Midcoast.
The Maine Principals’ Association is seeking nominations for Maine’s 2012 Assistant Principal of the Year.
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Maine’s public charter school law has taken effect, and the Department of Education is working to implement it.
The Chinese Language and Culture Center of Maine and the Bangor Chinese School are inviting school administrators, school board members, teachers, students, parents and others to attend the 2011 Maine Chinese Conference on Oct. 28 and 29 at Husson University in Bangor.
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The Association of Teachers of Mathematics in Maine (ATOMIM) is hosting eight sessions across the state this fall to allow high school math teachers to discuss “Reasoning and Sense-Making in the Classroom.”
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Maine’s public schools could soon be able to take advantage of a pilot program that allows them to refurbish mid-life buses in need of major body and structural repairs.
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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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