The measure, which now goes to the full Legislature, prohibits schools from serving a second-tier meal or stigmatizing students who can’t pay for lunch.
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Meet Pender Makin and what she wants to do for schools
Her top goal: ‘Reinvigorate public trust in the Department of Education’
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Face Time: Seth Goodwin, tiny home teacher
Seth Goodwin teaches tiny house building at Edward Little High School in Auburn.
Posted inMaine, Politics, Schools & Education
Lawmakers say state should take back full cost of teacher retirement to ease burden on school districts
Rep. Michael Brennan, D-Portland, says reversing the budgeting change by former Gov. Paul LePage would provide ‘one of the most direct forms of property tax relief.’
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‘Stop the stream of imposed mandates’
New Maine Education Commissioner A. Pender Makin is urging people not to take the state’s standardized test scores too seriously.
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Larry Lockman’s proposal seeks to stop teachers from taking sides on political issues
The Republican’s measure draws criticism from educators and the ACLU.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Should Maine students have to learn cursive? Some lawmakers think so.
A public hearing was held Thursday on Rep. Heidi Sampson’s bill to require cursive instruction in grades 3-5 of Maine public schools.
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Four groups intend to apply for last charter school slot in Maine
Proposals range from a preschool program in public schools to a 700-student middle and high school in Topsham.
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Jerome Powell: U.S. economy remains solid, but rural towns aren’t feeling the effects
The Fed chairman stresses that poorer communities need extra tools to bolster businesses and talent.
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Truancy law may soon cover Maine’s youngest students
After falling short after vetoes by Gov. Paul LePage the past two sessions, legislators this year are likely to push through a measure to extend truancy laws to 5- and 6-year-olds enrolled in school.