Maine Education Matters
By Matt Drewette-Card
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Episodes: 209
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Season 7 starts in January, 2023!
Maine educator Matt Drewette-Card (@DrewetteCard) gives his thoughts on all things education-related in Maine, be it the laws and rules of education to the politics of such.
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209: ... and thanks for all the fish.
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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208: Charter School's Back... ALRIGHT!
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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207: Doxing, DEI, and Rankin Bass
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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206: Here We Go... Again...
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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205: One Small Step for Maine Education Matters...
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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204: Mr. Bill Titles (2025)
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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203: Welcome 2025!
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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202: Coming Back for 132nd!
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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201: Matt & Matt & Moxie
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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200: "So much joy; sometimes knowledge..."
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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199: "What the hecking..."
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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198: "This episode is triggering..."
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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197: "Tabled"
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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196: "Context Matters"
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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195: Mr. Bill Titles
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Repost: Pathway to Legislation (Special Episode)
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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193: Recapping the 131st 1st Session (Continued)
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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192: "131st Recap: Student Rights and Special Education"
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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191: Season 9 Updates and Coming Soons!
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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190: 131st Enacted & Signed
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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189: Inevitable, Unstoppable, and Universal
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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188: Work Sessions and ASMR
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May 20, 2023 |
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187: We Got 30 Work Sessions but a Public Hearing Ain't One
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May 15, 2023 |
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186: Public Hearings (May 8-10)
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May 05, 2023 |
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185: Parent's Rights in Education Day
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May 04, 2023 |
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184: "May the 4th Be With You"
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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183: Breathe and Buckle Up, Part Deux
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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182: "Wart Free Zone"
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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181: LD 1412 (Bonus Episode)
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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180: "Not all opinions are equal"
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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179: "Rant Island"
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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178: #VAXDAYvotes
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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177: "A candle is a tomato..."
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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176: #VAXDAY
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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175: "Editorial, persuasive, or misleading...
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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174: Mar 21-23 Public Hearing Preview
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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173: "All words are made up..."
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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172: Public Hearing/Work Session Preview (Week of March 6, 2023)
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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171: "Breathe... and buckle up.
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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#170: "A waterslide in a grocery store..."
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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169: "That's gonna be the title of this episode..."
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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168: "Yeah... but still..."
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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167: "Too hot in the hot tub..."
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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166: "A dark sense of menace..."
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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How to Provide Testimony (SPECIAL EPISODE)
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Maine's Path of Legislation (SPECIAL EPISODE REPOST)
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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163: "Six seasons and a movie"
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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162: "How is this still a thing?"
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May 16, 2022 |
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161. "Oh, I'm looking at the wrong bill!"
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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160. "We're an OK podcast."
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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159. I don't like the word "moist".
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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158. "Rome was built in an hour an a half."
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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157: "I used to grade using a dartboard."
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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156. "Is this the one where vaccinations came up?"
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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155. "A horrible Jenga tower of nonsense."
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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153. BONUS Ep! COVID Fatigue is Really Really Real
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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154. "Lotta scat in this last week."
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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152. "There are competing groundhogs."
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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151. "It's such a superficial and a complete misunderstanding of... which is kind of ironic.... of the word empathy."
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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150: "One day, Matt and I will be able to secure our graduate transcripts."
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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149: New session, new co-host
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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148. Season 6! Welcome back!
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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147. Maine Education Matters 3.0 returns!
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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146. Rep. Michael Brennan (D-Portland) interview
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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145: "It's the only reason I go to fairs!" - Preview of the special session!
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Crossover special with the Personalized Learning with Matt and Courtney pod!
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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143. "That's not true!" - "It's absolutely true!"
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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142. "I'm going to Block Island!"
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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141. "It just seems like a waste to me."
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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140. "All feathers and no meat."
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May 21, 2021 |
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139. "I must be looking in all the wrong places...."
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May 17, 2021 |
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138. Week of May 3 review, along with May 10 and 13 preview of public hearings
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May 10, 2021 |
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137: May 4,5,6 preview and lots of reviews!
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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136. Work Session blitz! March 29, April 2, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14 oh my!
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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134. March 29 and April 2 testimony/work sessions review
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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135. April 5, 7, and 9 public hearing preview
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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133. March 29 and April 2 public hearing preview!
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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132. Week of March 22 review
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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131. March 17 Work session and Testimony review
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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130. March 8 review, March 17 preview
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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129. You dig a hole, make it a hole worth digging (March 3 review of testimony & public hearing, March 8 & 12 preview of public hearings)
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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128: Feb 24 work session/public hearing reviews & March 3 public hearing preview
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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127: February 24 preview and Feb 17 review of testimony
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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126: Feb 17 Public Hearing and Work Session Preview. Also, Matt rolls a 20!
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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125. Wouldn't You Agree? Career Tech: NOPE. (February 8 Testimony review)
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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124. February 8 Public Hearing preview
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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123. DOE and Education Committee updates
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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122. Education committee assignments for the 2021 session
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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121. Bill Titles for the 2021 season
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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120. The MOOSE platform, built by Maine teachers - and a new co-host!
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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119. Maine's Learning Facilitator program Part Three
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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118. Maine Student Cabinet Members on Racism and Bias in Maine Schools
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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117. SEL & teachers taking care of teachers
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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116. Maine's Learning Facilitator program Part Two!
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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115. Racism and bias series continues with Deqa Dhalac and Joe Schmidt of the Maine DoE.
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Nov 29, 2020 |
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114. SEL4ME and what is/means for Maine educators
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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113: Maine's new Learning Facilitator program - what is it?
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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112. DOE updates, especially assessment changes!
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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111. Stephanie Canter interview about racism and bias in our systems and how to fix it
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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110. Attendance discussion with
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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109. DOE updates!
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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108. Courtney Belolan joins the pod to talk about bias in our current curriculum and systems
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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107. Updates on attendance and sports as school opens for the fall
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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106. Legislative Updates? What the wha....?
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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Ep105: We're back with updates! Well, one of us....
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Aug 22, 2020 |
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Ep104: Maine's Framework for Returning to Classroom Instruction, part two
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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Ep103: Maine's Framework for Returning to Classroom Instruction, part one
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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Episode 102: From Sea to Shining Sea
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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Episode 101: A New Hope or So Long and Thanks for All The Fish
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May 21, 2020 |
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Episode 100 - how did we ever make it THIS far?
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May 18, 2020 |
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Ep 99: LD 2167 - COVID-19 updates for Maine
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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Ep98 - what do standardized tests get used for in these new times?
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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Coronavirus Chronicles - What could/should happen with the future of education?
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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Coronavirus Chronicles - What's been happening around the state in week 4 of remote/distance learning?
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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Coronavirus Chronicles - Facebook live fail and Borgnine retrospective
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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The coronavirus crisis continues, but we keep moving forward. On brand, of course.
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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Coronavirus catch-up!
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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Review of March 9 testimony, plus votes and confusion by Matt and Matt!
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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March 9 Public Hearing preview, and lots of immunization talk.
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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Preview of March 4/5, reviews of some testimony, and some other nonsense
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Mar 03, 2020 |
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Preview of Feb 27, Review of some testimony, and votes!
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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Feb 18 preview of public hearing, Feb 6 review of testimony, and some votes
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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Previews, reviews, and reports OH MY!
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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Feb 6 Public Hearing preview and Jan 22/23 review of testimony
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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January 29 Public Hearing Preview
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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More Task Force Reports review!
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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January 15 Testimony Review
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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January 22/23 Public Hearing Preview
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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Task Force Reports review
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Jan 16, 2020 |
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January 15 Public Hearing Preview
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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Interview with Alicia Biggs at EducateMaine 2019 Symposium
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Jan 09, 2020 |
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Interview with Jen Dorman at EducateMaine 2019 Symposium
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Jan 04, 2020 |
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Interview with Rachel Knight of Destination Occupation at EducateMaine 2019 Symposium
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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Interview with Rebecca Parker and Jessica Donovan at EducateMaine 2019 Symposium
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Dec 12, 2019 |
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Interview with Maine Representative Denise Tepler
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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Interview with Maine Senator Eloise Vitelli
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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PE/PG hearings! Matt's take on the information...
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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Interview with Stephanie Canter and Christian Hartjes of Newsela
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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New bill titles for second session!!
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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Bills about curriculum, and a review of the task forces set up in the First Regular Session
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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Carried over bills for the 129th second session, and some process questions answered!
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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Emily Gribben helps us figure out what has happened with PEPG since last session!
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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What the heck happened since we've been gone?
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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Where did we go, and where are we going?
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Sep 12, 2019 |
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Interview with Jason Judd and Dolly Sullivan of Educate Maine
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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Summer special! SEL conference and opportunity in Biddeford August 19-21!
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Aug 08, 2019 |
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It's the awards show!
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Jun 25, 2019 |
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Even more enactments!
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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Maine ASCD Executive Board interview
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Jun 14, 2019 |
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Still wrapping up the session - more bills! And we aren't done yet!
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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Wrapping up the session - or is it? Probably not. But here's some more of what has happened...
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Jun 10, 2019 |
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More enactments of bills!
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Jun 06, 2019 |
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May 28/June 3 Public Hearing preview/review
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Jun 03, 2019 |
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Enacted Bills, Part Deux
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May 24, 2019 |
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Review of May 10, 13, 15 testimony
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May 23, 2019 |
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May 21 Public Hearing Preview
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May 22, 2019 |
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What laws have been enacted this session?
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May 17, 2019 |
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Review of May 3 and May 6 testimony
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May 16, 2019 |
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Review of May 1 and May 2 testimony
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May 14, 2019 |
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May 13/15 Public Hearings Preview
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May 13, 2019 |
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May 6/10 Public Hearings Preview
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May 03, 2019 |
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Review of Labor bills related to Education - updates and more!
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May 02, 2019 |
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Review of April 22-23 testimony
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May 01, 2019 |
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Review of April 19 testimony
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Apr 30, 2019 |
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May 1-2-3 Public Hearings preview
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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Review of April 16-17 testimony
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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Review of April 8-9-10 testimony
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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April 22/23 Public Hearing Preview
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Apr 19, 2019 |
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LD92 Enactment process - what happens to the bills?
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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March 27 and April 1 testimony review
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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April 17 and April 19 Public Hearings Preview
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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LD798 (Immunizations!) review of work session
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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April 8, 9, 10 Public Hearing Preview
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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March 25 testimony review
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Apr 02, 2019 |
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March 20/21 Testimony review
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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Review of Labor bills related to Education
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Mar 26, 2019 |
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Review of March 4 and 6 testimony
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Mar 25, 2019 |
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March 25 and 27, and April 1 Public Hearing Preview
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Mar 21, 2019 |
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Review of March 13 testimony - the immunization bills
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Mar 19, 2019 |
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March 20-21 Public Hearing Preview
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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Review of Feb 25 testimony
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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March 13 Public Hearing Preview
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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Interview with Pender Makin, Commissioner of Education for the State of Maine
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Feb 27, 2019 |
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Review of Feb 21 testimony
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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Review of Feb 20 testimony
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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Review of Feb 14 testimony
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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March 4 and 6 Public Hearing Preview
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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February 25 Public Hearing Preview
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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February 21 Public Hearing Preview
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Feb 19, 2019 |
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Review of Feb 4 testimony
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Feb 12, 2019 |
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February 13/14 Public Hearing Preview
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Feb 12, 2019 |
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January 30 2019 Testimony Review!
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Feb 07, 2019 |
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S1 Ep14: Feb 4 Public Hearings preview!
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Feb 04, 2019 |
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S1 Ep13: Public Hearings upcoming! Our first bill language we talk about!
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Jan 23, 2019 |
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S1 Ep12: Bill titles - how silly can they be when you have no other info? Find out here!
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Jan 22, 2019 |
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S1 Ep11: A new Commissioner and the Education Committee! Who are they?
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Jan 14, 2019 |
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S1 Ep9: LD1666 Pt 3 -
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Dec 18, 2018 |
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S1 Ep10: Prognostications! And some rule talk we may have missed...
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Dec 18, 2018 |
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S1 Ep8: ESSA Part Three - Chronic Absenteeism and Tiers of support
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Dec 03, 2018 |
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S1 Emergency-ish pod! Standards review - what is it?
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Nov 30, 2018 |
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S1 Ep7: ESSA Part Two: School Report Cards and the indicators of school success - what are they?
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Nov 19, 2018 |
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S1 Ep6: ESSA part one! The basics of ESSA
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Nov 15, 2018 |
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S1 Ep5: Chapter 180 basics - Peer supports and mentoring!
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Oct 31, 2018 |
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S1 Ep4: Chapter 180 basics - SLOs!
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Oct 22, 2018 |
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S1 Ep3: Chapter 180 and PE/PG - laying out the basics
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Oct 15, 2018 |
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S1 Ep2: LD1666 - what is the difference between PBE and PBD?
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Sep 28, 2018 |
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S1 EMERGENCY POD: Comparing the two types of diploma systems in Maine
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Sep 26, 2018 |
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S1 Ep1: LD 1666 and the fallout - part one
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Sep 17, 2018 |
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Preview episode!
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Sep 10, 2018 |