Maine, 3 States Form Education Coalition Group Seeks to Redefine High School for 21st Century

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AUGUSTA - Maine and three other New England states have formed a groundbreaking regional partnership aimed at transforming high school for the 21st century.

Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island have joined to form the New England Secondary School Consortium that will work to redefine the traditional concept of the American high school. The plan is to ensure that every student in the four states will be competitive with peers worldwide when it comes to academic performance and educational attainment, according to a press release from the Maine Department of Education.

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Maine, 3 States Form Education Coalition Group Seeks to Redefine High School for 21st Century

Armed with a $1 million grant from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation and coordinated by the Great Schools Partnership at the Mitchell Institute, the consortium has set five goals to improve secondary education.

The goals call for increa...

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