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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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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ROCKLAND — Officials from Maine’s education and business worlds came together Oct. 3 to discuss the transition to a new model for public education, the role of technology in the classroom and workplace, and what’s required to equip Maine’s students with the skills they’ll need for successful careers.
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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.
Continue reading “Results prove need for new accountability system”
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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For nearly 10 years, that federal law has trapped Maine’s schools in a system that emphasizes test preparation at the expense of genuine learning, test results at the expense of more honest measures of students’ academic growth, and instruction in math and reading at the expense of the broader curriculum our students need to develop the skills colleges and employers will demand.
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