Maine schools
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PublishedMarch 10, 2024
All Maine students now get free school lunches. What does that mean for poverty data?
A number of schools have adopted the Community Eligibility Provision, which looks at reliance on public benefits such as SNAP and TANF.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2024
School Notebook: Feb. 14
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2024
Opinion: Checking of high school grades by parents has gone too far
In theory, keeping close tabs on things is OK. In practice, there are major downsides for students like me.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2024
Maine schools say path to fixing chronic absenteeism starts with building relationships
Small steps like Sanford's 'walking school bus' help kids make it over that first barrier – getting to the bus stop – as a way to reduce absences in class.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2023
Maine students are missing more school days than before the pandemic
Chronic absenteeism rates are more than 10 percentage points higher than the 2018-19 school year. Experts say resources to get students to class aren't back on track.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2023
School Notebook: Oct. 4
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2023
Commentary: The Legislature is stepping up to meet Maine students’ needs, but our work isn’t done
Reading proficiency grants and boosting multilingual learner staffing and specialized preschool reimbursement all represent progress. But we need to do more on mental health, workforce development and student homelessness.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2023
SAD 75 makes revisions to its first-ever policy regarding transgender students
Topsham-based school board revises a new transgender policy with input from parents.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2023
Our View: Back to school, back to making education more of a priority
We’re doing a fair amount for Maine schools. To solve the most pernicious problems, however, we have to double down.
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PublishedSeptember 2, 2023
Commentary: Silence is complicity – on (not) teaching Black history in Maine
Florida’s extreme measures have drawn national scrutiny, but our own state must do much more to ensure that K-12 instruction is inclusive of Black and Indigenous people.
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