Less school seems like the wrong answer9/6/2009 BILL NEMITZ
Talk about timing. Maine's schools had no sooner opened for another year last week when fiscally challenged public officials in Augusta started wondering aloud if perhaps we could save money by shutting them down.
That's right, underpaid teachers, stressed-out parents and overjoyed kids. The next line of defense against a $30 million (and counting) state budget deficit could be the "school furlough day."
What exactly is that, you ask?
Think "snow day" without Storm Center's Kevin Mannix. Think bleeding a school year that, compared to other states...
 Reps. counter petition effort9/4/2009 By LIZ GOTTHELF
Staff Writer
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Friday, September 4, 2009 12:08 PM EDT
SACO - A petitioner against a tax reform bill and two state representatives for the bill are both allowed to voice their opinion, as part of freedom of speech, said Police Chief Bradley Paul.
State Rep. Don Pilon said that he went to the post office Thursday morning and saw Darryl Bonner, a petitioner from Los Angeles, Calif., trying to engage passersby to sign a petition to repeal a recent tax reform bill. His sign, stating "Repeal the Deal," listed items that would be taxed such as conveni...
Test scores up across the board8/14/2009 Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
BY MATTHEW STONE
AUGUSTA — Maine students’ math and reading test scores have improved at nearly every grade level since 2006, according to the latest data released by the Maine Department of Education.
The state Thursday published the results of the 2009 Maine Educational Assessment, pointing out year-over-year improvement in scores in most categories.
The state saw improvement over 2008 scores — in some cases marginal, in other cases more significant — in every testing category except eighth-grade reading, where res...
Maine Students Show Progress on MEA Tests8/13/2009 The Maine Public Broadcasting Network
Maine Students Show Progress on MEA Tests
This is the last year the state will use the MEA tests to assess students' progress. Beginning this school year, Maine will switch to a test developed by a regional collaborative.
Maine students are showing improvement this year in meeting achievement level standards established by the Maine Educational Assessment test. State education officials say the percentage of students meeting the standards increased in all grades from three to eight in both reading and math, with one exception:...
Prevention of dropping out of school on summit's agenda7/28/2009 Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
BY KELLEY BOUCHARD
ORONO -- Anthony Lary was disconnected when he stopped attending Portland High School during his sophomore year.
He was living on his own, looking for a job and a purpose in life, without support from his parents. Neither of them had graduated from high school, so he couldn't see the point.
Then a friend talked Lary into going back to school when he was a junior. He found refuge and encouragement with the teachers in Portland High's alternative-education program.
"They were more connected with...
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