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  • Maine schools get $41 M - Boston Herald
    published on Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:35:42 GMT+00:00
    Maine schools get $41 MBoston HeraldBy AP The funding comes in bonds issued by US departments of treasury and education. State and local governments can use the bonds to finance public school ...Maine Allocated More than...
  • Forum seeks input on Race to the Top program - Bangor Daily News
    published on Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:10:05 GMT+00:00
    Forum seeks input on Race to the Top programBangor Daily News?It is a great opportunity,? Maine Education Commissioner Susan Gendron said Wednesday. Gendron, who led the Orono session, said that the state plans to ...Sch...
  • Dept. of Education Holds Public Meetings; Further Funding Needed - WABI
    published on Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:43:14 GMT+00:00
    Dept. of Education Holds Public Meetings; Further Funding NeededWABIThe Maine Department of Education is planning to apply for even more federal funding, and they're hosting a series of meeting to ask Mainers what th...
  • State news helps RSU with tough decision - York County Coast Star
    published on Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:17:06 GMT+00:00
    State news helps RSU with tough decisionYork County Coast StarNews released by the governor's office and the Department of Education this March has given every indication that some state aid will be returned to Maine...
  • CEP Report on Gender Gaps Released - Education Week News (blog)
    published on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:48:59 GMT+00:00
    CEP Report on Gender Gaps ReleasedEducation Week News (blog)Open up the 50-state profiles and proceed directly to nearly all-white Maine, where you'll find reading gaps as wide as you'll see in any state. ...and ...
  • Tidewater School in Eliot offering 50 percent tuition break - York Weekly
    published on Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:10:45 GMT+00:00
    Tidewater School in Eliot offering 50 percent tuition breakYork WeeklyELIOT, Maine ? The Tidewater School, a Waldorf-inspired education program, is offering a 50 percent break on tuition for students entering ...and more...
  • How much could salary cuts save U-46? - Chicago Daily Herald
    published on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:43:55 GMT+00:00
    How much could salary cuts save U-46?Chicago Daily HeraldOn March 9, the Maine Township District 207 teachers union voted 345-224 against reopening their contract to consider foregoing a one-year 3.2 percent base ...and ...
  • Students: Gay Marriage 'Inevitable' - Huffington Post (blog)
    published on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:26:19 GMT+00:00
    Students: Gay Marriage 'Inevitable'Huffington Post (blog)When Maine's proposal to legalize gay marriage was shot down last November, a columnist wrote in the University of Maine's newspaper that "the...
  • Atsá Biyáázh works hard to get students ahead of reading benchmark - Farmington Daily Times
    published on Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:43:00 GMT+00:00
    Atsá Biyáázh works hard to get students ahead of reading benchmarkFarmington Daily TimesA school from Maine came in first. Cove Day School, also on the Navajo Nation, ranked third. "It makes you feel great," fi...
  • Panel endorses 'innovative schools,' nixes charter facilities - Bangor Daily News
    published on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:07:56 GMT+00:00
    Panel endorses 'innovative schools,' nixes charter facilitiesBangor Daily NewsAUGUSTA, Maine ? Members of a legislative committee endorsed a bill Monday authorizing local education officials to create special ......