More families are choosing to home-school or send their children to private schools, and the drop in public school enrollment can have financial implications for districts.
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Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Maine schools receive additional $164 million in federal relief
The money builds on $165 million districts received for pandemic-related expenses in July, but must be used by the end of December, according to federal requirements.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Another loss for DeVos, another win for students
The dangerously incompetent education secretary fails again to funnel public dollars toward private schools.
Posted inNation & World
Federal judge blocks controversial rule on virus aid, school funding
The Department of Education’s rule could funnel more aid to private schools.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Public schools need support, not the distraction of a new funding model
A pandemic is not the time to implement education savings accounts, a program with a questionable track record in other states.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Education savings accounts can give Maine families more flexibility as school year nears
Maine should redirect funding to students, not districts, giving parents the power to determine their children’s education.
Posted inTimes Record
Maine Catholic schools will use remote learning through rest of school year
PORTLAND — Due to the coronavirus pandemic and based upon a recommendation by Maine Education Commissioner Pender Makin, all Maine Catholic schools will continue to deliver learning remotely through the end of the 2019-20 school year. “This is obviously a difficult recommendation to accept but, as always, the safety of everyone in our school communities […]
Posted inNews, Schools and Education, Uncategorized
Maine’s rural school districts to lose $1.2 million with federal program change
The U.S. Department of Education has determined that free- and reduced-lunch numbers cannot be used as a basis for awarding federal Title V grant money for low-income rural schools.
Posted inMaine, Politics, Schools and Education
Bill to expand access to child care unveiled in Waterville
“You can’t have a strong economy in Maine without strong child care for the people in it,” said Senate President Troy Jackson, a Democrat from Aroostook County.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Teacher shortage stems from lack of respect
How do we attract college graduates to the profession when the committed educators working now continue to be denigrated and underpaid?