June 4, 2021
AUGUSTA: With the assistance of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Maine public schools have long offered a nutritious breakfast and lunch meal program to thousands of children ...
June 1, 2021
The Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent of the Year program information for 2022 is now available.
Nominations for these awards often come from school board members or scho...
May 26, 2021
The letter linked below was sent this morning to Senate President Jackson and House Speaker Fecteau asking them to oppose their own bill – L.D. 677 – that gives teachers the right...
May 21, 2021
A bill that would give teachers the right to strike and allow binding arbitration around wages and benefits – actions now prohibited under Maine law in the best interest of studen...
May 12, 2021
Governor Janet Mills today released a state budget plan that increases General Purpose Aid to schools by $187 million, bringing state share of the cost of education to 55 percent ...
March 25, 2021
The
National School Boards Association is pleased to announce the
transformation of its in-person NSBA 2021 Annual Conference Exposition
to the NSBA 2021 Online Experience. ...
February 2, 2021
Since 2012, the Maine Resilience Building Network has provided experienced leadership, professional development, training, systems change and advocacy for Maine to build more res...
January 26, 2021
We have been asked by Jason Judd, Executive Director of Educate Maine, and Christa Thorpe, Community Development Officer of the Island Institute, to forward the following informat...
January 11, 2021
The events from earlier in the week in Washington, D.C. have been disturbing. Never in recent history have we had to be witness to attacks on our government from our own citizens...
November 24, 2020
21 retired nurses join ranks with Maine Department of Education to support schools in their contract tracing efforts and notification
Augusta, MAINE – Commissioner of Ed...
November 23, 2020
The first American Indian Day was celebrated in May 1916 in New York. The event culminated an effort by Red Fox James, a member of the Blackfeet Nation who rode across the nation ...
November 20, 2020
More than 730 students in rural Maine will have access to highspeed broadband to support remote learning by the end of the year through the Governor’s ConnectKidsNow! Initiative ...
National Connection Daily from NSBA: US Braces For Mass School Closures As COVID-19 Infections Spike
November 18, 2020
US Braces For Mass School Closures As COVID-19 Infections Spike
US News & World Report (11/17, Camera) reports, “Children, parents and educators are bracing for another ro...
August 17, 2020
The Maine School Boards Association and the Maine School Superintendents Association are pleased to announce the Cultural Competence Institute (CCI) for all Maine educators, prese...
June 26, 2020
The Maine Department of Education, in collaboration with a diverse group of stakeholders and experts in the field, has created this initial iteration of a framework to assist in ...
June 18, 2020
For Immediate Release
Media Contact: Charlotte Blane cblane@nsba.org 703-838-6231
Statement by Anna Maria Chávez, Executive Director & CEO National School Boa...
April 27, 2020
Last Thursday, NSBA provided the following information about the CARES Act Grant Fund Distribution. A conference call was held regarding content within the grant, and the means b...
April 21, 2020
Last week a virtual panel discussion was held regarding the COVID-19 outbreak and:
Lessons from past outbreaks that we can draw from today Strategies for communicating with s...
March 23, 2020
The New York Times (3/20, Green) reported “elementary and secondary schools will not be required to do standardized testing,” Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Friday....
March 19, 2020
WHEREAS , I proclaimed a state of emergency on March 15, 2020 to authorize the use of emergency powers in order to expand and expedite the State’s response to the many different ...