ME: Early Childhood Education
ME Students Benefit from New Climate Change-Related Education Tool
Educators in Maine will have a new online resource this school year to help them teach what they say is one of the most challenging subjects: climate …
ME Parents Struggle with Lack of Affordable, Accessible Child Care
CLARIFICATION: Percentages of students' reading and math scores were clarified. (12:46 p.m. MDT, June 14, 2023) Maine ranks 12th in the nation on …
Training Underway to Eliminate 'Child Care Deserts' in Maine
A community-development nonprofit is helping to counter the sharp decline in child care providers in Maine by offering the training needed to start an…
ME Groups: Congress Needs to Pass Fully-Funded Appropriations Bill
Mainers are urging Congress to pass a fully funded, full-year appropriations bill, instead of the stopgap continued resolutions for the various …
Report: Child Tax Credit to Benefit More than 90% of Maine Kids
AUGUSTA, Maine -- Child wellbeing in Maine improved between 2010 and 2019, according to a new annual report, but advocates for children and families …
Advocates for Children, Families Say Mainers Need COVID Relief
AUGUSTA, Maine -- As Maine families struggle to recover from the pandemic's economic fallout, advocates for children and families say quick passage …
Many Maine Families Have Bounced Back from Recession, Out of Poverty
AUGUSTA, Maine — The number of Maine children living in concentrated poverty is back to pre-recession levels, according to a new data snapshot …
Maine Improves in Child Well-being, Lags in Education
AUGUSTA, Maine — A new report calls for continued work to improve access to early childhood education in Maine. The state ranks ninth …
Maine Trails Other New England States in Children’s Well-Being
AUGUSTA, Maine – The latest figures on the well being of children show Maine ranks 16th in the nation, and children's advocates fear trouble …
Maine Ranks in Top 15 for Child Well-Being, Trails New England Neighbors
AUGUSTA, Maine – Maine ranks in the top 15 among states for children's well-being, according to a new report, but it trails its neighboring New …
Mainers Encouraged to Turn Off the TV: It's Screen-Free Week
AUGUSTA, Maine - With all the smartphones, tablets, computers and video games around, it's easy to forget that there is life beyond a screen…
Maine Expert: No Need for Videos to Help Babies Learn
AUGUSTA, Maine - New England children's advocates say a video learning series is back at it again, making "unfounded claims" about infants' ability …