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New England Secondary School Consortium

On December 15, 2008, Maine and three other New England states announced a groundbreaking regional partnership aimed at transforming high school for the 21st century in separate events across New England on Monday. Armed with a $1 million grant from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation and coordinated by the Great Schools Partnership at the Mitchell Institute, the New England Secondary School Consortium will redefine the traditional concept of the American High School to ensure that every student in the four states is competitive with his or her peers worldwide when it comes to academic performance and educational attainment.

Read the press release

Fact sheet: Redefining High School
Overview of the key concepts, organizational structure and work plan

Video of the press conference, Part I

 

Governor John E. Baldacci; Education Commissioner
Gendron; Dylan Sirois, a student at Hall-Dale High School

Video of the press conference, part II

Superintendent Jim Morse of SAD 47; Ann Weisleder,
chair of the State Board of Edcuation

Video of press conference, part III


Mark Kostin of the Great Schools Partnership;
Commissioner Gendron

Coverage of the December 15, 2008, announcement

WCSH-TV 6 Portland - including link to video

WABI-TV 5 Bangor - text

WABI-TV 5 Bangor - 6 p.m. newscast (it's the first news story)

Kennebec Journal - Maine, regional partners will look at redefining high school

(Vermont DOE) Governor Announces Bold Multi-state Effort to Prepare Students across New England for Success in the 21st Century

Associated Press - Maine joins 3 states in regional effort

Kennebec Journal - State joining school effort

Bangor Daily News - Maine, 3 states form education coalition

Education Week - New England States Team Up on High Schools

Maine Public Radio - New Initiative Aimed at Reducing High School Dropouts - text, with link to audio

Links

New England Secondary School Consortium

Nellie Mae Education Foundation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Great Schools Partnership at the Mitchell Institute