Standards-based education allows Massabesic Middle School students control over the way they learn and how fast they do it.
EAST WATERBORO — The seventh-grade students at Massabesic Middle School are busy learning about revolutions. The topic has one definition in social studies class, another meaning in science, and another in English.
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LIMESTONE — Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen visited the Maine School of Science and Mathematics, a state-funded magnet school, on April 7 as part of his statewide listening tour.
Vodpod videos no longer available.The Maine Military Authority wants to use its Loring Air Force Base facility to save school districts money by extending the life span of their school buses.
LIMESTONE — Lenny Goff might just have figured out how he can keep his school district’s 48-bus fleet up to date and safe without breaking the bank.
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Houlton Elementary School’s Reading First grant has helped the school transform into a community with high expectations for every student.
HOULTON — Students are surrounded by literacy the moment they enter Houlton Elementary School. They have no choice.
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Landing on the School Improvement Grant eligibility list can be difficult news to accept. It can also be an important opportunity.
Ten communities across Maine this week are digesting the news that their local schools have landed on a list of 10 schools eligible for federal improvement grants.
This can undoubtedly be difficult news to accept, but it’s important not to dwell so much on how a school landed on the improvement list. It’s more important to focus on the future.
This artwork by students from Wiscasset Primary, Middle and High School was displayed in the Maine Department of Education lobby in April 2011.
At right: Art by Latisha, Grade 1
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Vodpod videos no longer available.The schools are eligible for School Improvement Grants to improve student achievement.
AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Education named 10 schools to the School Improvement Grant eligibility list, making them eligible to apply for three-year federal grants to fund locally developed plans aimed at improving student achievement.
Kim Lindlof of the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce interviews Commissioner Stephen Bowen.
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Maine is 42nd state to approve Common Core state standards, allowing schools and teachers to plan their curriculum.
AUGUSTA — Maine became the 42nd state to approve the Common Core state standards when Gov. Paul LePage signed L.D. 12 into law on Friday. The measure passed both the House and Senate unanimously. Adopting the standards means Maine teachers will have a clear set of standards to work with, and will be able to tailor their teaching to the new, rigorous expectations of what students should know and be able to do.
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