Joyce Marilyn Barker

Bates College plans to build new science building by 2021

Teacher: Lack of state guidance crippling proficiency-based learning progress

Edward Little High School teacher Evan Cyr has two daughters in Auburn schools, one in pre-kindergarten and one in first grade. As a teacher, Cyr likes the premise behind proficiency-based education.

Bill Gates, Paul LePage among those supporting elements of proficiency-based education

Proficiency-based learning: State mandate stirs up parents, teachers, students

Feds investigate Bates, Bowdoin and Colby in possible antitrust probe

Sanford schools report outbreak of whooping cough

Maine test scores hold steady in latest ‘Nation’s Report Card’

Lawmakers hear hours of testimony on proficiency-based learning

Lawmakers pass measure to try to prevent youth suicides