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Maine schools teach reading in ways not proven to work
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (887+ words) Enterprise This piece is an in-depth examination of a single subject requiring extensive research and resources. Maine school districts are not consistently using science-based methods to teach reading as the state posts some of the nation’s worst scores on the…...
Read Educate Maine’s report on Maine’s reading gaps
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (223+ words) Maine’s fourth graders now rank 44th in the nation in reading, down from second in 1992 — one of the steepest declines of any state in the country. A new report from the nonprofit Educate Maine, shared exclusively with the Bangor Daily News…...
What used to be one of Maine’s smallest universities has seen the biggest increase in students
1+ week, 6+ day ago (645+ words) Preliminary counts for enrollment across Maine’s seven public universities and law school show that student enrollment could exceed 28,000 this school year, continuing an upward trend in enrollment driven by online learners. Officials said the preliminary head count, which happens before…...