AUGUSTA — A bill requiring rigorous performance evaluations for teachers and principals was unanimously endorsed Wednesday by a legislative committee.
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Teacher evaluation bill may see committee vote today
AUGUSTA — A bill mandating performance evaluations for educators could go to a vote in the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee today.
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Maine panel may vote today on educator-review bill
A bill mandating performance evaluations for educators could go to a vote in the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee today.
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Commission hears demand for online charter schools
AUGUSTA — Demand for a virtual charter school emerged as a major theme at a public input session with the State Charter School Commission last week.
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Commission hears desire for online charter schools
AUGUSTA — Demand for a virtual charter school emerged as a major theme at a public input session with the State Charter School Commission last week.
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Augusta apartment building burns
A fire chased three families out of an apartment building on Hospital Street on Friday afternoon, but no one was injured.
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LePage school choice proposals divisive
AUGUSTA — Representatives of public schools said Gov. Paul LePage’s proposals to expand school choice would divert millions of dollars from struggling schools and create a two-tiered system of education in Maine.
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Sprague, Cousins both are nervous
AUGUSTA — When the state’s top spellers gather in Portland on Saturday, it will be the second time in the spotlight of the Maine State Spelling Bee for one of them.
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Teacher evaluations: Differences about appealing dismissals key
AUGUSTA — At a legislative hearing Wednesday, teachers spoke in favor of performance evaluations but against a bill that would require school districts to adopt new evaluation systems.
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Program lengthens road time for buses
OAKLAND — Any day now, Regional School Unit 18’s transportation director will welcome home a middle-aged school bus, fresh from a makeover and ready for another several years and tens of thousands of miles on the road.