State’s grading of schools called ‘insulting’

From Staff and Wire Reports
http://www.journaltribune.com/articles/2013/05/02/news/doc518276736df6f206162182.txt

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Thursday, May 2, 2013 12:18 PM EDT

Maine schools merited only a C grade while 31 percent of the state’s high schools received a D or an F, under a new state grading system unveiled Wednesday by Gov. Paul LePage and Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen.

Maine becomes the 14th state to give letter grades to schools as LePage continues his offensive to shake up the state’s public education system. The new system assigns A through F grades to more than 500 schools.

On the inaugural report card, 60 schools got A’s; 75 B’s; 289 C’s; 76 D’s; and 43 F’s.

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