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A Middle School Standards-Based Science Curriculum Handbook, Eleanor B. Hess
A Middle School Standards-Based Science Curriculum Handbook, Eleanor B. Hess
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
As teachers implement the National Science Education Standards (1996) many must change the instructional methods they have used throughout their careers. This handbook will assist teachers to be facilitators in inquiry-based classrooms. The nine units of this handbook have been implemented for three years in an eighth grade classroom and have been used and modified by three different teachers to meet their own needs. The units in this handbook were chosen by MSAD #3, Unity, Maine, to reflect the curriculum requirements of The State of Maine Learning Results (1997). Included in this handbook are physics units covering motion, forces, work, …
The Condition Of K-12 Public Education In Maine 2005, Paula B. Gravelle, David L. Silvernail
The Condition Of K-12 Public Education In Maine 2005, Paula B. Gravelle, David L. Silvernail
Maine Education Policy Research Institute
No abstract provided.
Adequacy-Based Funding For Small, Isolated Schools: An Approach For Maine, Debra M. Allen, James E. Sloan
Adequacy-Based Funding For Small, Isolated Schools: An Approach For Maine, Debra M. Allen, James E. Sloan
Maine Education Policy Research Institute
No abstract provided.
Average Four Year Cost Per Graduate For Maine Public High Schools Class Of 2004, David L. Silvernail, Aaron K. Gritter
Average Four Year Cost Per Graduate For Maine Public High Schools Class Of 2004, David L. Silvernail, Aaron K. Gritter
Maine Education Policy Research Institute
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School Administrative Unit Profiles, Maine Education Policy Research Institute, University Of Maine
School Administrative Unit Profiles, Maine Education Policy Research Institute, University Of Maine
Maine Education Policy Research Institute
No abstract provided.
Creating Flexibility In Teacher-Certification Policy To Ensure Quality And Equity, Flynn Ross
Creating Flexibility In Teacher-Certification Policy To Ensure Quality And Equity, Flynn Ross
Maine Policy Review
As do many states, Maine has requirements and standards aimed at having “well-qualified” teachers. While few dispute the need for such standards, Flynn Ross brings attention to one case in Portland where use of a standardized exam to certify new teachers was preventing well-qualified—but culturally and linguistically diverse—teachers from becoming certified. She chronicles the successful attempts of one group to petition the Maine State Board of Education to allow greater flexibility in the testing standards. In doing so, she points to a larger truth that well-intentioned policy goals may seek to achieve a greater good, but may at the same …