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 Edu...
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 rou...
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 Boards ...
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 st...
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 ...
March 17, 2020
Please click the link below for updates/resources on COVID-19:
https://www.msmaweb.com/o/msma...
March 6, 2020
Washington, D.C.: Following the Department of Education’s announcement to halt a change to the methodology that determines which rural schools are eligible for funding through ...
March 3, 2020
Response team met yesterday to build on Maine CDC’s work in coordinating coronavirus preparation and response to protect public health
Governor Janet Mills convened her Corona...
March 2, 2020
NSBA has published a coronavirus resource webpage. To access this page you can go to our home page at www.nsba.org , or you can go directly to the webpage at Responding to...
February 27, 2020
Maine DOE Newsroom
Reminders for School Communities Regarding the 2019 Novel Coronavirus!
Please note that at this time Maine has no confirmed cases associated with th...
January 9, 2020
The Maine School Boards Association Board of Directors met this past Saturday, January 4, 2020. One of the items on the agenda had to do with vacancies on the Board. Following D...
November 26, 2019
The following bills submitted by legislators and affecting the operation of schools and labor law have been accepted for consideration by the next session of the Legislature when ...