For the third consecutive school year, the Maine Department of Education (DOE) is seeking waivers from the federal government for…
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The Maine Department of Education (DOE) is currently seeking comments related to a number of waivers it intends to submit…
For the last two school years, Maine has received a waiver from the federal government exempting it from federal reporting…
Maine’s truancy rate tripled between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years, increasing from just under 5% to just under 15%.…
On January 10, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a joint temporary action…
The number of students enrolled in Maine public schools grew in the 2021-2022 school year from the 2020-2021 school year,…
Recent enrollment numbers released by the Maine Department of Education (DOE) show that the number of students who are being…
During a September 15 meeting of the legislature’s Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs, Department of Education (DOE) Commissioner Pender…
According to Maine Department of Education (DOE) Commissioner Pender Makin, ensuring every student in the state has access to full-time,…
The Court’s decision on Carson v. Makin could stop this kind of state-sanctioned favoritism for good and put religious schools on equal footing with public ones.
The bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 123-23 and the Senate by a vote of 32-3. It received bipartisan support in both chambers.
The Granite State passed a new budget last week that should have people in the Pine Tree State jealous of…
On June 9, the Maine Department of Education (DOE) updated its PreK-12 and Adult Education Public Guidance. Though Gov. Janet…
Last year, the Maine Legislature and Governor Janet Mills enacted a pair of bills curtailing the growth of the state’s…
On Friday, Governor Janet Mills released guidelines for schools as they consider whether or not to return to in-person instruction…
Now that Governor Mills has signaled through her executive orders that the 2020 summer tourist season was over before it…
During periods of crisis, some of the most innovative solutions to problems have been developed. Consider, for instance, some of…