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Nearly 100 Maine Schools Now Implementing BARR Through Maine DOE Grants to Increase Academic Achievement, Engagement, and Student and Educator Wellbeing The Maine Department of Education (DOE) announced grants for 30 additional Maine schools to implement the Building Assets Reducing Risks (BARR) model to increase academic achievement, engagement, and student and staff wellbeing. These new … Continue reading Media Release: Maine Expands Building Assets Reducing Risks (BARR) Model to 30 Add...

Walk into any classroom at Maranacook Community Middle School and you’d be hard-pressed to identify a 6th grader from an 8th grader in the class. And that’s part of the magic at Maranacook.  Instead of being separated by grade level, students are grouped into multiage teams.  The school does more than blend grade levels—teacher teams … Continue reading Experiencing the Magic at Maranacook Community Middle School

(A Calais Elementary Student with his BARR appreciation poster) Nestled in the tight-knit community of Calais, Maine, is Calais Elementary, a pre-k through sixth-grade school full of enthusiastic students and dedicated teachers. Calais Elementary is one of more than 70 Maine schools using the Building Assets Reducing Risks (BARR) education model, and this week, Maine … Continue reading Calais Elementary School Strengthens Relationships Through BARR

Banning USD Talks Building Assets, Reducing Risks Program - Banning-Beaumont, CA - The Real Talk Podcast brings Kelly Daly and Sarah McComisky to discuss the BARR program for Banning High School.

MARSHALL — It’s tough to narrow down the scope of work Marshall Middle School teacher Ethan Hoppe does with students. As a social and emotional learning (SE

As the new school year gets under way, teachers, students and the data on student well-being are all sounding an alarm: many children are struggling, and their mental health is suffering. Help, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, should come from schools, because while their primary role is academic, schools, “ play a […]

MARSHALL — A push for Minnesota Department of Education staff to visit every school in Minnesota continued this week with stops in Marshall and Lynd. On Wedne

Fall is a busy time in the schools, and this year is proving to be no exception. This year has again proven a challenge to fill some of our open positions.

Detroit Lakes High School began the school day Tuesday with an assembly to get freshmen more comfortable at the school

After a sizeable dip, the school district’s Class of 2022 posted a 76% four-year graduation rate, a 5% increase that puts it back in line with prepandemic figures.