Area districts say it’s tough to fill vacancies, but the situation is probably no worse than it was last September.
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Posted inMaine, News
One year in a one-room schoolhouse
Jenny Baum came from New York City last fall to teach Cliff Island’s two pupils. It already feels like home.
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Maine pursues plan to stock schools with anti-overdose medication
All of the state’s public high schools and middle schools would have naloxone available in an effort being developed by the Mills administration.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Ballot question asks for 3 percent tax increase on top earners to fund schools
Lewiston public schools could get $3.1 million more per year and Auburn could get $2.78 million more, under a referendum question a group hopes to bring to the ballot in November. On Tuesday, “Stand Up for Students” — a group led by the Maine Education Association — said it has exceeded the number of signatures […]
Posted inLetters
J. Tierney: School attendance problems
In response to the Sun Journal story printed Friday, March 13, with the headline, “Missing when it matters most”: Do you suppose the attitude of the LePage administration toward welfare mothers has anything to do with their ability to get their first-graders off to school? Jim Tierney, Auburn
Posted inLetters
J. Boyd: An inauthentic assessment
Superintendent Bill Webster’s guest column (March 8) embodies the writing we want for Lewiston graduates. Every choice in Webster’s piece displayed a clear purpose and audience. He supports each well-plotted point with details tailored to his desired effect. He rebuts the opposing side of the issue. His word choice was calculated and his grammar and […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Oxford Hills, River Valley, The Franklin Journal
Western Maine candidate forum on public education Sept. 25
LEWISTON — A legislative candidates’ forum focused on K-12 education is being held Thursday, Sept. 25, in Lewiston, bringing together those running for the Maine House and Senate in Western Maine and the school boards and superintendents from the districts they serve. The forum is scheduled to run from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the […]
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N. Gellatly: Problem lies with the students
Most reports of the country’s public schools are critical, with continuing implications that teachers are not doing a good enough job of educating children. For bonafide learning to take place, teachers and students have reciprocal roles: teachers to communicate well, while motivating; students to properly listen and comprehend. I think teachers are getting a bad […]
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David Sirota: A lesson from America’s education debate
Paradoxes come in all different forms, but here’s one that perfectly fits this Gilded Age: The most significant lesson from the ongoing debate about American education has little to do with schools and everything to do with money. This lesson comes from a series of recent scandals that expose the financial motives of the leaders […]