Mills Admin Has Removed Ability of the Public to See How Students & Schools Are Doing
Maine News Wire | by Tom Desjardin |March 21, 2023 Growing up as a kid in Maine public schools I can recall teachers complaining about the annual standardized tests they gave us, bubble-in pencil style. I remember chuckling pretty hard when I heard them make the argument—no kidding—that “Tests are not a good way to […]
Maine Education Chief: “Academic Learning” Takes Backseat to Social-Emotional, Gender, and Race
Maine News Wire | by Steve Robinson | March 15, 2023 “Academic learning is definitely going to take a backseat to all of these other pieces,” Maine Department of Education Commissioner Pender Makin told lawmakers Wednesday. Traditional academic learning — like reading, writing, and math — should be a lower priority in Maine schools than […]