A “yes” vote means the school will permanently close. And an estimated $1.04 million cost to keep the school open each year does not include millions in repairs.
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Senate advances Social Security Fairness Act
The bill co-sponsored by Sen. Susan Collins of Maine would eliminate limits on Social Security benefits for public sector employees, including teachers and firefighters.
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Oxford Hills school board approves revised English Language Arts standards
Maine Department of Education announced new standards back in 2020 but implementation was delayed statewide by the pandemic.
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Cultural factors influence education
When we are reminded that our schools are failing or “ineffective” (Robert Samuelson’s adjective in his Feb. 24 column), the strong implication is that schools and teachers themselves are to blame. Not so fast. Many considerations come into play, and let me mention just a couple of cultural factors that have adverse influence, particularly in […]
Posted inLetters
Standardized testing useful
New England Common Assessment Program standardized testing in local elementary schools, middle schools and SAT testing in high schools reveal teaching and learning failures. Failure is unpleasant, and some teachers and parents advocate opting out of standardized testing. That might make teaching and parenting easier. It might be easier for students — it won’t improve […]
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R. Sabine: Failing the students
In my guest column, “Time to get tough with educators” (Feb. 15), I explained that the SAT, a standardized test employed to reveal student learning, revealed that more than half of our high school juniors were not proficient in math, reading or writing. I placed blame on state legislators, teachers and other educators in general, […]
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In rebuttal, J. Michaelis: Educator has different perspective
This is in response to Richard Sabine’s guest column (Feb. 15). I teach mathematics at Lewiston High School and I invite Sabine to come shadow me. I find his letter ignorant at best, offensive at worst, and I hope that experiencing time in my shoes would help him to understand what a teacher really does. […]
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Rep. Mike Michaud: We can no longer short-change our schools
While there is a lot of debate about education policy, there should be no question that great teachers are the key to quality education. Schools and the people who work in them — teachers, coaches, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and custodians — play an essential and positive role in the life of Maine children. Their […]
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Richard Sabine: Weed out ineffective teachers
The failure of public education includes teachers among the usual suspects. Yet, we love and admire our teachers; when we were young, they nurtured and loved us. The teachers we love and have loved are like snowflakes — individually beautiful, but calamitous in great numbers. Their labor organization zealously protects all teachers, even and, perhaps […]
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C. Casey: Defective educations
The recently released report by Maine’s University and Community College System on the number of Maine freshmen who were required last fall to take remedial courses in math, English, or both, should have put terror into the hearts, minds and wallets of all Mainers. “Basic skills continue to be a challenge for many students entering […]