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Governor:Paul LePage
Commissioner of Education:Stephen Bowen
Quality Counts state grade:C
Pre-K-12 enrollment:188,945
Number of school districts:233
Number of public schools:631
Number of public school teachers:15,384
Unadjusted education spending per student:$12,452
Percent minority students:7.5%
Percent of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch:41.7%
Percent of students with disabilities:15.6%
Percent of English-language learners:2.5%
NAEP Mathematics 2011 percent proficient
4th grade math:45.0%
8th grade math:38.8%
NAEP Reading 2011 percent proficient
4th grade reading:32.4%
8th grade reading:38.5%

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Youth athletes increasingly complain about unruly fans, overbearing coaches, and pressures from elite travel teams. In Maine, at least, their concerns have been heard.
January 25, 2005 - Education Week
Voters showed caution about sending more money to public schools or dramatically changing course on education policy, as they decided school-related questions on state ballots last week.
November 9, 2004 - Education Week
School districts in Maine are not required by the U.S. Constitution to pay tuition for students at religious high schools even when they pay for secular private schools.
November 2, 2004 - Education Week
Maine voters last week approved a school funding increase of roughly $245 million a year, but state leaders may spend several years trying to find ways to generate the extra money.
June 16, 2004 - Education Week
Frustrated in their attempts to pass the state graduation test and receive high school diplomas, some Florida students are securing the prized credentials by a different route: a private school in Lewiston, Maine.
April 28, 2004 - Education Week
Maine has decided to convert its technical colleges into community colleges through enactment of fast-track, bipartisan legislation that state leaders hope will nudge more students into higher education.
April 16, 2003 - Education Week
School choice activists have launched a fresh legal challenge to a Maine program that provides public funding for students to attend secular but not religious private schools.
September 25, 2002 - Education Week
Maine's ambitious plan to provide middle schoolers with laptop computers faces a fight for its life as state legislators eye it as a source of budget savings.
February 6, 2002 - Education Week
Maine legislators have settled a dispute over how to distribute general aid for schools based on money collected from property taxes. But some participants in the debate say that what has become a rite of spring will result in changes next year.
June 13, 2001 - Education Week
A proposal by Gov. Angus King of Maine to buy a laptop computer for every 7th grader in the state isn't getting much support from key legislators.
March 15, 2000 - Education Week

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