AUGUSTA — There will be no publicly financed charter school opening in Lewiston-Auburn this fall. A state commission not only voted unanimously Monday to deny the application of the Lewiston-Auburn Academy Charter School, it voted to strike language in a report inviting the school with Turkish ties from applying again. And two members of the […]
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Maine House OKs 1-year moratorium on virtual charter schools
AUGUSTA — The Democratic-controlled Maine House has given initial approval to a bill that would put a moratorium on the creation of virtual charter schools in the state until next year. In a 94-51 vote Tuesday, the House endorsed the bill that would put a halt to virtual charter schools until the state comes up […]
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Bill would put a 1-year moratorium on virtual charter schools in Maine
AUGUSTA — A bill moving forward in the Legislature would place a moratorium on virtual charter schools in Maine until next year. The bill before the Democratic-controlled Legislature directs the state to develop a plan to provide all public schools in the state access to online learning, including a possible state-run virtual academy. There are […]
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Maine panel OKs ban on virtual charter schools
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Maine legislative committee has approved a bill that would ban virtual charter schools while the state works on offering online learning resources to all students by the fall. The Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee approved the amended bill Wednesday. The Portland Press Herald reports that under the legislation a stakeholders […]
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Lawmakers consider bill that would allow college students to defer tuition
AUGUSTA — Bills aimed at making college more affordable for Maine students will boost degree completion and yield significant benefits for the state, supporters said Wednesday. Lawmakers are beginning to examine two bills that have backing from higher education officials and the Maine State Chamber of Commerce to have the state study methods for lowering the […]
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Bills look to expand access to, affordability of college education in Maine
AUGUSTA — A pair of bills before the Legislature’s Education Committee Wednesday both aim to put a college education more within reach for Maine students. One of the bills LD 1702, sponsored by Sen. Roger Katz, R-Augusta, directs the University of Maine System and the state’s community college system to study a program in Oregon […]
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Livermore education panel’s first meeting set for Wednesday
LIVERMORE — The first meeting of the ad-hoc committee on education will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the Town Office. The meeting is open to the public. The committee was formed after selectpersons voted in September to get financial information on withdrawing from RSU 73. The committee’s purpose is to explore […]
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Philomena McPhee-Brown, Deepika Papneja: Quality teaching in evidence at Montello Elementary School
Should student achievement on tests be the benchmark for assessing the quality of education of a school? We think not. From our experience of working in the field of education for many years, we have learned that some of the labeled “low-achieving” schools actually provide quality education in caring environments. One of our professional responsibilities […]
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RSU 58 setting new graduation standards
PHILLIPS — RSU 58 administrators and teachers are preparing for the advent of proficiency-based graduation standards. Math and reading tests and outcomes will be designed at the local levels, school directors learned at their Thursday meeting. Students traditionally have taken tests and received letter grades, but that standard is being phased out. “Next year’s freshmen […]
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Turner, Winthrop schools nominated for Blue Ribbon award
TURNER — Turner Elementary School and the Winthrop Grade School have been nominated to be 2014 National Blue Ribbon Schools, the Maine Department of Education announced Thursday. The education commissioner in each state nominates schools, which are then invited by the U.S. Secretary of Education to submit a formal application. The Turner and Winthrop schools […]