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Janet C. Fairman; Catharine Biddle; Ming Tso Chien – Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation, 2021
This study examined six diverse school districts in Maine that have successfully formed partnerships between their districts and community or regional organizations to expand supports to students and their families that go beyond academic support to include health, mental health, social services and other supports.
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, School Community Programs, Partnerships in Education, School Districts
Junge, Amy – Education Evolving, 2019
"Teacher-Powered Practices: How teacher teams collaboratively lead and create student-centered schools" focuses on how innovative teachers are radically changing the ways schools are designed and run. The how here are the common practices, structures, and processes teacher-powered teams design and use daily. The guide identifies nine…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Student Centered Learning, School Culture, Participative Decision Making
Maine State Dept. of Education, Augusta. Div. of Applied Technology. – 1994
This report summarizes 1993-1994 program year developments in Maine's applied technology programs funded under the 1990 Carl D. Perkins Act. The first section highlights the following program activities: continued development of Maine's integrated school-to-work transition system, which will allow secondary students to choose one of six career…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annual Reports, Articulation (Education), Career Counseling
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Takacs, Claudia – English Journal, 1987
Describes the Analytic Writing Exchange (AWE) as a cooperative endeavor by teachers who teach students to score writing papers and provide opportunities for students to exchange and grade papers written by their peers in cooperating schools. Claims students in the program become better writers and score better on state tests.(NH)
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11, Grade 4
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Brown, David W.; And Others – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1996
Survey of 217 Maine principals revealed that respondents perceived their staff as moderately to highly involved in decision making, viewed the community as informed but not actively involved in decision making, and desired greater involvement from staff and parents. Principal gender and school level did not affect desired levels of involvement.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Martner, Jan, Ed.; Magrab, Phyllis, Ed. – 1989
This study addresses seven components of Public Law 99-457 which relate to mental health intervention to meet the comprehensive early needs of infants and toddlers with, or at risk for, disabilities. The seven components include: the definition of "developmentally delayed"; multidisciplinary evaluation; the individualized family service…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, At Risk Persons, Community Control, Delivery Systems
Kydd, Loring S.; Southworth, Warren D. – 1984
A pilot project was conducted in Bangor, Maine, to develop an entrepreneurship course and test it with secondary and postsecondary students. Following development of a plan and formation of an advisory committee composed of local entrepreneurs, bankers, representatives of economic development agencies, and legislators, a director was hired to…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Education, Community Cooperation, Cooperative Programs