AUGUSTA (AP) — The number of Mainers earning high school equivalency credentials has jumped this year. Through early November, 2,699 Mainers had earned their equivalency credentials so far this year. That’s up from 1,878 who earned credentials for all of last year and 2,258 who did so in 2011. The Department of Education credits the […]
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Auburn hosting third annual iPad conference
AUBURN — The School Department will host its third annual, three-day conference about iPads in classrooms on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at the Hilton Garden Inn. The Leveraging Learning Institute is attracting 130 educators who want to learn more about using iPad tablet computers to boost student learning. The limit on registrations is 150. The […]
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Auburn mayor has a new vision for Edward Little
AUBURN — Mayor Jonathan LaBonte wants to create a program at Edward Little High School in which students could earn associate degrees. With the construction of a new Edward Little High School on hold, waiting for state funding, LaBonte said Thursday that the city has “time to really think big.” A task force will be […]
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Report card shows Maine students score well in math, reading
PORTLAND — Maine’s fourth- and eighth-graders scored better than the national average on math and reading assessments, according to a study released Thursday. But the report also showed there was no improvement from the last assessment. Nationally, students performed better than they did when the tests were first given in the early 1990s, but the […]
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Education advocates pan Maine’s decision not to seek $37 million in federal grants
AUGUSTA — Early childhood education advocates are calling a decision by the state to not apply for up to $37 million in federal “Race to the Top” grant funding a missed opportunity for Maine families. The Department of Education and Department of Health and Human Services said the decision was because of onerous federal requirements […]
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State gives passing grades to charter schools
AUGUSTA — Maine’s first two charter schools have received passing grades from the state. Reports from the Maine Charter School Commission said the Cornville Regional Charter School and the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences in Fairfield both lived up to their mission statements during the first year they were in operation. The commission did add […]
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Study recommends more state funding for local schools
AUGUSTA — A major study of the state’s funding formula for public schools recommends increasing education spending by more than $260 million per year while also easing the property tax burden on poorer families. Members of the Legislature’s Education Committee on Tuesday focused on what the best possible education system in Maine should look like […]
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Three bond issues to fund higher education projects
AUGUSTA — Maine voters will be considering three separate bonding requests for higher education on next week’s ballot. The approach by state education leaders differs from a year ago, when a single bond proposal for three state institutions was rejected by a narrow margin. Voters on Nov. 5 will be asked if they support a […]
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UMaine opening institute to educate professionals who work with children with autism
ORONO (AP) — A new institute is opening at the University of Maine for educators and others who work with children with autism and post-secondary students seeking to follow that path. The Maine Autism Institute for Education and Research will open Jan. 1 at the UMaine campus in Orono. Maine families will also be able […]
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L. Godin: Students’ letters were interesting
I commend Oak Hill Middle School teacher Lucy Rioux for assigning her class to find newspaper articles that interested them enough to respond (Sun Journal, Oct. 6). For eighth-graders, the responses were interesting and well thought. Of the nine letters printed, two of them really got my attention — Wyatt Giroux’s letter about “U.S. shouldn’t […]