WABI

Tuesday morning Darling's donated a van to Cobscook Community Learning Center.
They'd been leasing the van for a dollar a year for 3 years.
Now at the end of the lease they decided to take it a step further. Read More ▶︎

The County

RSU 29 staff members participated in three days of workshops prior to the opening of school on Tuesday, Sept. 3. The Aug. 27 workshop included the introduction of new staff members, updates on policies and procedures and the viewing of pertinent videos pertaining to the workplace. Read More ▶︎

The Ellsworth American

TREE, or Transforming Rural Experiences in Education, is “a collaborative educational initiative in rural Maine to create supportive learning environments where all children, especially those challenged by adversity, stress and trauma can succeed and thrive,” according to program literature. Read More ▶︎

UMaine Today

For the past three years, Biddle and her colleagues in educational leadership at UMaine have been involved in a collaborative effort to address some of the most challenging issues facing schools nationwide. Their laboratory is Washington County, one of Maine’s most rural and impoverished areas. Read More ▶︎

Phi Delta Kappan

Student voice is not typically considered central to whole-school curricular redesign. As in most organizations, change in schools tends to happen from the top down, with the administration and the teachers identifying problems and proposing solutions. But TREE’s bottom-up approach is grounded firmly in the understanding that a research- informed … Read More ▶︎

Bangor Daily News

When Hazel Stark and Joe Horn moved to Washington County to start the Maine Outdoor School two years ago, they thought they’d have to explain themselves to the community. They were prepared to defend the importance of hands-on, outdoor education. But there was no need. Read More ▶︎

WGME

More than 29,000 Maine students are missing enough class time to cause worry among school administrators and state education officials responsible for helping them succeed. Read More ▶︎

Bangor Daily News

Backed by brain science, around $1.3 million in foundation money and a team of education researchers at Colby College and the University of Maine, TREE plans to make elementary schools in Milbridge, Jonesport and Charlotte rural proving grounds for methods of addressing trauma and stress that can alter a child’s brain chemistry and hinder learning. Read More ▶︎