Inside Education

By Maria Libby

Additional Column Posts (1 - 15 of 15)

• Truth be told about MET

  By Maria Libby - Jul 10
  Within the school district, we consistently reference a couple of common operating principles: "Seek first to understand, then to be understood," ...
  

• The middle matters

  By Maria Libby - Mar 11
  As hopefully you know, there is a public forum next week at the Rockport Opera House meeting space (downstairs) to give input into the design and ...
  

• School budget preparation is under way

  By Maria Libby - Jan 12
  You may have read the press release I recently sent out regarding our decision at the high school to go with a less expensive option for the ...
  

• Input wanted in high school strategic plan

  By Maria Libby - Nov 10
  A lot has happened since I became superintendent nearly a year and a half ago. We have had several major incidents that have hit headline news — ...
  

• The year ahead

  By Maria Libby - Aug 11
  Summer in Maine faithfully heralds in an unmistakable “vacationland” feel and those of us lucky enough to work and live here do what we can to ...
  

• Camden-Rockport Middle School revisited

  By Maria Libby - Mar 10
  As most readers are probably aware, the School Administrative District 28 Board went to referendum in February 2015 for a vote on a new middle ...
  

• Growing up global

  By Maria Libby - Dec 10
  As a child of 10, my favorite ride at Disney World was, “It’s a Small World.” That was four decades ago, and the world has become a lot smaller ...
  

• The football decision unfolded

  By Maria Libby - Oct 05
  I always considered myself lucky that I could throw a nice spiral. More than once, I tossed around a football with students at recess when I was ...
  

• School system fiscal management

  By Maria Libby and Matt ... - May 19
  As approval of our school budgets and a new middle school proposal will soon go to vote, we wanted to help our community to better understand the ...
  

• Remove the shackles from public education

  By Maria Libby - Feb 16
  As someone who has devoted most of her life to public education, it is discouraging to see it become so politicized. The importance of education ...
  

• An opportunity with adolescence

  By Maria Libby - Dec 06
  As most parents know, and as the media has reported thoroughly of late, adolescence is a time of significant growth, and sometimes angst, that ...
  

• Fresh perspective on district administration

  By Maria Libby - Oct 13
  Administrators can get a bad rap — just the word can has a negative connotation in our society. It conjures up people who spend their days pushing ...
  

• Vision

  By Maria Libby - Apr 14
  I have been working in the field of education for nearly 25 years, both as a teacher and administrator. Throughout that time, I have also been a ...
  

• Staying the course

  By Maria Libby - Feb 11
  Within the past few years, there have been three major educational initiatives at the state level that have had a significant impact on the focus ...
  

• Building independence

  By Maria Libby - Nov 12
  If you are a mother, you probably experienced the phenomenon of suddenly noticing a lot of pregnant women in the course of your daily comings and ...