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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Posted inTimes Record
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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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
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.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
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.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: To invest in immigrant pupils is to invest in the future
A big effort by Maine schools to accommodate English language learners will have a big return for their communities.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine’s business leaders must be mindful of back-to-school pressures
September is a challenging month for parents of school-age children. Employers would do well to take that into account.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Maine’s high school graduation rate dropped during the pandemic, but may be recovering
This year’s grads were freshmen when the pandemic hit, making this past year their first relatively normal high school experience.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Let’s give Maine students the upper hand financially
L.D. 1284, making personal finance a high school graduation requirement, represents our best chance to give future generations of Mainers the skills and confidence to manage their money wisely.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: School-based clinicians on front lines of youth mental health crisis
Through direct school-based behavioral health services, Maine students are able to learn coping and regulation skills. Those skills are needed more than ever.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Financial literacy requirements are important, but not enough
Junior Achievement can help ensure that personal finance is taught (and taught well) long before high school