Education
Education
Transgender Teaching on Tap for Maine Boys
PORTLAND -- State of Maine-sponsored 2008 "Boys to Men Conference" to hold 'Queer' youth workshop.
Apr 30, 2008 - 12:16:07 PM
Education
The Hunt Is On!
The Believe in Books Literacy Foundation is ready to roll with the 2nd annual Hunt for Literacy.
Apr 22, 2008 - 12:23:20 PM
Education
Hollywood "Science"
BANGOR -- On April 24, from 6:00-8:00 pm, the Challenger Learning Center will be offering a fun and informative look at the science behind space movies.
Apr 15, 2008 - 10:52:09 AM
Education
Evolution: If You Don't Know - Then Make it Up!
Dr. Richard Lewontin the "most brilliant evolutionary biologists" led off a session titled 'The Mind of a Toolmaker' by announcing that scientists know next to nothing about how humans got so smart.
Mar 24, 2008 - 8:52:34 AM
Education
Education Committee May Approve Bill Denying School Budget Vote to Thousands
PORTLAND -- Think Tank calculates that more than 160 towns and cities may lose referendum vote.
Feb 27, 2008 - 6:29:37 PM
Education
Think Tank Concerned about Proposed Changes to School Budget Process
PORTLAND -- Stephen Bowen, director of education policy at The Maine Heritage Policy Center, testified before the legislature's Education Committee today, warning that proposed changes to Maine's new school budget approval process could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Maine people who now have the right to vote on their school budget.
Feb 27, 2008 - 9:34:18 AM
Education
Homeschoolers Launch Alternative to Film School and Hollywood
PURCELLVILLE, VA -- Advent Film Group (AFG), a new film company founded by homeschoolers recently completed "pickup" filming of their first movie, "Come What May" in Purcellville, Virginia. The movie has garnered wide attention because it features Patrick Henry College (PHC), a national powerhouse in debate and moot court competition. The movie centers on two PHC students who battle to overturn Roe v. Wade at the National Moot Court Championship. They are coached by Dr. Michael Farris, the real-life founder and Chancellor of PHC and a high-profile homeschooling advocate. This is the first of five movies planned by Advent.
Feb 26, 2008 - 9:46:19 AM
Education
Maine Students Selected for United States Senate Youth Program
AUGUSTA -- Monike Santana of South Portland and Andrew Massey of Yarmouth have been selected as Maine's two delegates to the 46th annual United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) which will be held March 1-8, 2008, in Washington, D.C. They were chosen from 56 applicants to be part of the group.
Feb 21, 2008 - 9:29:34 AM
Education
Inquiring Minds: At School and At Home - Expanding Your Understanding Family Forum
BANGOR -- The Challenger Learning Center of Maine is offering its second program in the newly established "Expanding Your Understanding" Family Forum, entitled "Inquiring Minds: at school and at home".
Feb 20, 2008 - 11:01:28 AM
Education
School Budget Validation Process Widely Popular and Fiscally Responsible
PORTLAND -- A report written by The Maine Heritage Policy Center's (MHPC) Education Policy Director, Stephen Bowen, notes the widespread popularity of the school budget validation process included in the school district reorganization law, as well as the tremendous savings it has created for taxpayers.
Feb 12, 2008 - 9:44:01 AM
Education
EMCC's "Re-Tooled" Computer Integrated Machining Program Awarded Software Grant
BANGOR -- Eastern Maine Community College's Computer Integrated Machining program was awarded a $1,500 software grant from the Siemens Corporation. The grant provides a one-year free licensure use of Solid Edge, 3D solid modeling software used in computer aided manufacturing processes.
Feb 8, 2008 - 9:10:11 AM
Education
Think Tank Calls for School Reforms
PORTLAND -- The Maine Heritage Policy Center lays out proposals to better schools.
Dec 31, 2007 - 9:10:37 PM
Education
Maine Photography Show Call for Entries!
Entries are invited for the 3rd Annual Maine Photography Show, 2008.
Nov 24, 2007 - 9:43:38 PM
Education
New Report Explores how Privatizing a Public School Saved both the School and the Town
PORTLAND -- A new report from The Maine Heritage Policy Center examines the successful transformation of a public school into a private school.
Nov 14, 2007 - 10:59:25 PM
Education
Report: No Quantitative Data to Support Claims that Laptops Improve Writing
PORTLAND -- A recent report on laptops by the Maine Education Policy Research Institute fails to support their claims that the machines improve student writing performance.
Nov 1, 2007 - 8:00:17 PM
Education
Students Sought to Serve on State Board of Education: Applications due Nov. 9
AUGUSTA -- The Maine State Board of Education is in seeking two students to serve as participating, but non-voting members.
Nov 1, 2007 - 7:49:20 PM
Education
Report: Small School Districts Outperform Larger Ones
PORTLAND -- The analysis reveals that Maine's pursuit of school consolidation may be overlooking student performance.
Oct 24, 2007 - 10:37:25 PM
Education
Report: Past Consolidation Efforts Resulted in Higher School Costs
PORTLAND -- A new report from The Maine Heritage Policy Center explores the 50 year legacy of the Sinclair Act.
Aug 24, 2007 - 10:48:20 AM
Education
State to Punish Non-Complying Schools
AUGUSTA -- At a recent workshop, members of the State Board of Education expressed their strong support for restricting access to State construction money for school administrative units (SAUs) that are unwilling to consolidate. Board members favored a two-pronged approach that would penalize such units by limiting both their ability to make it on to the list of approved projects and their access to State funds.
Aug 23, 2007 - 6:11:58 AM
Education
From Crib Sheets to Dorm Sheets
Shopping for sheets and blankets for her room - coming full circle as parents. It seems like only yesterday mom and dad were shopping for nursery sheets and layette items as anticipation grew for the arrival of that sweet baby girl.
Jul 30, 2007 - 9:22:54 AM
Education
A Parent's Guidebook on Private Schools
What every parent should ask about their private school, whether it is a Christian-based school, or a private charter school before you enroll (or re-enroll) your child.
Jul 28, 2007 - 6:46:48 PM
Education
Maine Children's Scholarship Fund Recipients Graduate
BANGOR -- The Maine Children's Scholarship Fund is proud to announce that three of their scholarship recipients were graduated from Maine high schools in June.
Jul 28, 2007 - 6:21:26 PM
Education
10 Tips for College Freshmen
Going off to college is an exciting part of life for most teens. Before leaving home, parents give lots of advice (most going in one ear and out the other). College freshmen can't wait to get away from parental authority and "make it" on their own. Tips about not mixing colored and white clothes in the washing machine, making your bed, going to class, studying at the library, changing the oil in your car, not staying out all night, staying away from drugs and alcohol, and eating healthy foods are some tips college freshmen hear.
Jul 19, 2007 - 1:16:44 PM
Entertainment
Activities at the Penobscot Marine Museum
SEARSPORT -- The Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport has exciting programs coming up.
Jul 13, 2007 - 8:47:36 PM
Education
Native American Studies Program Summer 2007
ORONO -- A 5-day Summer Institute on Wabanaki Studies will be held at the University of Maine in Orono from August 6th through the 10th.
Jul 13, 2007 - 10:44:13 AM
Education
Photography Lecture Series Begins at Penobscot Marine Museum
SEARSPORT -- Penobscot Marine Museum is pleased to announce the first program in its summer lecture series. Beginning July 11, the museum will host a series of talks and demonstrations on photography as part of its seasonal exhibit Through the Photographer's Lens: Penobscot Bay and Beyond. The exhibit features both contemporary and historic images of the greater Bay region.
Jun 24, 2007 - 7:31:38 PM
J. G. Fabiano
An Elitist of Education?
The other day I had a stimulating conversation concerning the concept of heterogeneously combined classrooms with a colleague I highly respect. He discussed the concept of eliminating leveling according to ability. He believes students should be heterogeneously grouped in order to give all students the same opportunities. I object to this particular strategy because after teaching for almost three decades it is obvious all students do not have the same potentials.
Jun 9, 2007 - 6:36:16 PM
Education
Downeaster Days: A Summer Day Program for Children at Penobscot Marine Museum
SEARSPORT -- Downeaster Days offers five days of exploration and learning, through hands-on fun.
May 17, 2007 - 9:15:21 PM
Education
Penobscot Marine Museum Education Resource Wins Award
SEARSPORT -- Penobscot Marine Museum is pleased to announce that the museum's newly completed education guidebook for teachers, MATES, has won first place in the Educational Materials Division of the New England Museum Association's publications contest. Second place was awarded to the Museum of Science in Boston.
May 17, 2007 - 8:43:19 PM
Education
A Federal Curriculum for Preschoolers
Mental health and gender issues in Head Start - HR 1429. Votes will be this week, perhaps tomorrow.
May 1, 2007 - 1:28:14 PM
Education
Snowe and Collins Accepting Service Academy Nomination Applications
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins are currently accepting applications from Maine high school students for nominations to be considered for an appointment by the four United States service academies: the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado; the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York; the Military Academy at West Point, New York; and the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.
Apr 26, 2007 - 8:13:40 PM
Education
Returning NCLB Accountability to Voters: A-PLUS Act (HR 1539) Introduced in Congress
Last week 52 members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success Act of 2007 (A-PLUS, HR 1539) which would return educational accountability back to parents, taxpayers, and the state, where it belongs. No Child Left Behind currently holds states and schools accountable to federal agencies for specific annual school outcomes, policies the U.S. Constitution clearly reserves to the states.
Mar 20, 2007 - 11:26:41 AM
Education
Owls Head Transportation Museum
OWLS HEAD -- Henry Ford is commonly associated with the invention of centralized production, most notably the auto assembly line. In the 1910s, however, Ford underwent a radical change of view. University of Maine professor, Dr. Howard Segal will discuss the concept and implementation of "Ford's Village Industries" at the Owls Head Transportation Museum on Saturday March 24, at 1:00 pm.
Mar 17, 2007 - 12:49:48 PM
Education
Illinois School Tells Kids to Hide Pro-Gay Propaganda from Parents
DEERFIELD, IL -- In a brazen act of governmental abuse of parental rights, Deerfield High School (DHS) in Deerfield, Illinois, has required fourteen-year-old freshmen to attend a "Straight Gay Alliance Network" (GSA) panel discussion led by "gay" and "lesbian" upperclassmen during a "freshman advisory" class which secretively featured inappropriate discussions of a sexual nature in promotion of high-risk homosexual behaviors.
Mar 13, 2007 - 4:39:28 PM
Education
Democratizing Education
I’ve always wondered about going to an Ivy League school. My brother, who attended Cornell, told me that up to the first day of Law School, fellow students were packing and leaving for Harvard upon receiving late acceptance notices to that school. Apparently, the name Harvard is just that important. For those of us who choose (or are accepted into) less prestigious institutions of learning, there are other factors to consider. Extensive networking activities may avail themselves upon graduation, depending on college of choice, extra curricular affiliation, city and state you will eventually reside, degree, and myriad additional reasons. Who knew? Back then, I thought higher learning was mainly about quality and degree of education.
Mar 5, 2007 - 9:57:30 AM
Education
Northern Penobscot Tech Students Inducted into American Medical Technologists Society
LINCOLN -- Eight new Medical Administrative Services students from Northern Penobscot Tech, Region III in Lincoln, Maine were inducted into the American Medical Technologists, Northern Penobscot Regional Student Society on Wednesday, November 29th in a ceremony conducted by instructor and AMT Society Faculty Advisor, Heidi Hale, CMAS, CAHI.
Feb 28, 2007 - 9:50:39 PM
Education
Winnie the Pooh visits the White Mountains Region
WHITE MOUNTAINS, NH -- Believe in Books Literacy Foundation visits 36 preschools with their "Books in Character" outreach program.
Feb 16, 2007 - 9:00:12 PM
Education
Child Care Training Offered
BANGOR -- The Penquis CAP Child Care Resource Development Center is offering "Caring for the Abuse Affected Child & Family" for child care providers on March 10 and 24, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Penquis CAP, 262 Harlow Street, Bangor.
Feb 2, 2007 - 8:35:02 PM
Education
Governor, PrepMe to Unveil Online SAT Prep Course
PORTLAND -- Test preparation course will be available free to every junior in the state.
Jan 31, 2007 - 3:45:16 PM
Education
Maine College Republicans Express Concern Over Baldacci School Consolidation Plan
AUGUSTA -- The Maine College Republicans have expressed serious concerns about the school consolidation plan recently proposed by Governor John Baldacci.
Jan 31, 2007 - 3:01:12 PM
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