As the summer of 2020 progressed, the Maine Department of Education (DOE) continued communications with interest groups in the state,…
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The Maine Department of Education (DOE) worked with several interest groups in the state to coordinate COVID-19 messaging and guidelines…
From early March 2020 through the summer, when discussions about whether to close and reopen schools because of COVID-19 were…
On June 21, 2022, the United States Supreme Court released its decision in the case of Carson v. Makin, declaring unconstitutional…
For the third consecutive school year, the Maine Department of Education (DOE) is seeking waivers from the federal government for…
The Maine Department of Education (DOE) recently announced it is looking to hire team leaders to help develop content for…
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…
The dominoes are falling. In just the last month, public leaders of numerous (though not all) European countries, the nation of Israel,…
Maine’s truancy rate tripled between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years, increasing from just under 5% to just under 15%.…
On December 30, the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Maine Department of Education (DOE) announced…
The number of students enrolled in Maine public schools grew in the 2021-2022 school year from the 2020-2021 school year,…
On December 1, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), in partnership with the Maine Department of Education,…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Department of Education (DOE) are currently accepting 30-second videos from…
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,…
In recent months, we’ve heard a lot about child care in the news and from pundits. Whether it’s the so-called…
On June 9, the Maine Department of Education (DOE) updated its PreK-12 and Adult Education Public Guidance. Though Gov. Janet…
After telling the public that the Maine Principals’ Association (MPA) would have the final say in returning to high school…
On Friday, Governor Janet Mills released guidelines for schools as they consider whether or not to return to in-person instruction…
During periods of crisis, some of the most innovative solutions to problems have been developed. Consider, for instance, some of…
There has been quite a bit of debate in recent years about whether too much is spent on school administration…