To the casual observer, the presentation of annual school testing results may seem like a class in statistics. But as Woodstock Elementary School Principal Jolene Littlehale demonstrated at Monday night’s SAD 44 School Board meeting, the arrival of the results means much more to the teaching staff. Following consultant Lee Graham’s presentation on 2011/2012 Grades […]
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UMaine law school to hold alumni reunion
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The University of Maine School of Law says its alumni reunion will not only be its largest ever, but also will mark an important milestone in the school’s history. The Portland law school holds its alumni reunion this weekend, celebrating 10 classes between 1962 and 2007. While the law school traces […]
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Maine universities, colleges make the grade as top schools
FORT KENT, Maine — A number of Maine colleges have once again caught the eye of a publication that ranks higher learning institutions across the nation. Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, University of Maine at Farmington, University of Maine at Fort Kent, and Unity College were ranked among the top 50 regional colleges in the […]
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J. Domaingue: Commit to a solid education
It was extremely refreshing to read Lewiston Police Chief Michael Bussiere’s letter (Sept. 4) regarding the importance of education, not only from an ideological point of view, but from a valid economic point of view. Society today is challenged in so many ways, with evolving definitions of the traditional family to financial stress and much […]
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Education department to request proposals from schools for $2M in grant money
PORTLAND, Maine — The Maine Department of Education soon will try again to award $1 million in grant money it controversially rescinded from four communities in May, but the lawmaker representing at least one of those grant recipients said the damage already has been done. State education officials informed schools in Portland, Biddeford, Fryeburg and […]
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Superintendents unhappy with commissioner’s decisions on allowing student transfers
Maine Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen’s practice of allowing students to transfer from one school district to another without a change of residence is drawing opposition from school superintendents around the state. Some superintendents say the easy transfers are destroying local control and could add significant costs to school systems. The spokesman for the state Department […]
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University enrollment expected to stay level
PORTLAND — Enrollment at Maine’s universities has been dropping for years, but education officials say the worst is over and the student population should level off this semester following efforts to stem the decline. The number of students enrolled for the fall at the University of Maine System’s seven campuses fell from 33,626 in 2007 […]
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SAD 17 looks forward to ‘No Child Left Behind’ waiver
AUGUSTA — Next week the state plans to deliver a waiver application to the U.S. Department of Education requesting flexibility with some requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, reauthorized in 2002 as the No Child Left Behind Act. NCLB gave schools the target of 100 percent student proficiency in math and English language […]
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LePage appoints departing Commissioner Beardsley to state education board
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has appointed a member of his Cabinet, Conservation Commissioner Bill Beardsley, to an open seat on the State Board of Education. Beardsley’s job as conservation commissioner phases out Thursday, when a merger of the state departments of Agriculture and Conservation takes effect. His confirmation hearing for the state board position […]
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Brunswick superintendent lambasts LePage
AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage is taking exception to scathing criticism directed at him by the Brunswick school superintendent in a welcome-back letter to school employees. The Portland Press Herald quotes the letter from Superintendent Paul Perzanoski as saying an anti-bullying law passed by the Legislature this spring failed to include the governor. The […]