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Strategies to help diverse students thrive focus of Educate Maine and Maine State Chamber policy brief

11/14/2019

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Supporting and welcoming Maine’s growing number of diverse students will benefit Maine’s economy and employers
 
Educate Maine and the Maine State Chamber of Commerce have released a joint policy brief, Helping Diverse Students Thrive, outlining a set of strategies to help Maine’s increasingly diverse student learners thrive. Supporting and welcoming diverse students will help attract and retain young families to Maine, grow Maine’s workforce, and benefit Maine’s economy and employers.
Strategies outlined in detail in the policy brief include:

  • Ensuring school practices and policies support all students;
  • Providing ongoing, relevant professional development for educators and school administrators;
  • Engaging parents and communities;
  • Recruiting and retaining diverse educators and school staff.
 
“Maine vitally needs to retain and attract more people to grow our economy and workforce,” said Maine State Chamber of Commerce President Dana Connors. “With Maine school populations diversifying, implementing strategies to help diverse students thrive will be a tremendous benefit to them and their families. It also is a great opportunity to grow Maine’s economy, future workforce, and quite possibly attract more needed in-migration to Maine.” (Please see the Maine State Chamber’s 2016 Making Maine Work report entitled Maine’s Labor Shortage: New Mainers and Diversity online at www.mainechamber.org/making-maine-work.html).

“The strategies in Helping Diverse Students Thrive aim to build an educational system that is welcoming and responsive to diverse students,” said Jason Judd, Ed.D., executive director of Educate Maine. “Identifying and addressing the unique challenges diverse students face will help them succeed academically and position them for successful careers. This will help resolve Maine’s workforce shortage, arguably the greatest economic challenge Maine currently faces.”
      
Student learners who are characterized as “diverse” come from many backgrounds. This brief looks in depth at education indicators pertaining to several diverse student populations, including by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and English learner status. Data indicates Maine’s student population is diversifying and is considerably more diverse than Maine as a whole.
      
Information suggests discrimination against diverse students is still a challenge in Maine schools. Absenteeism and parent engagement are additional challenges. Achievement gaps for diverse students are wider in 4th grade, particularly for students learning English. The gap widens by eleventh grade and impacts high school graduation rates, as well as college enrollment and persistence.
      
For more in-depth information on specific strategies to help diverse students thrive, models of successful Maine schools and programs, and benefits of diversity in schools, please see the full policy brief at http://www.educatemaine.org/docs/Helping-Diverse-Students-Thrive.pdf.
             
Helping Diverse Students Thrive
is one in a series of policy briefs produced in a partnership between Educate Maine and the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, and through the generous support of the John T. Gorman and Nellie Mae Education Foundations. Both the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and Educate Maine are members of MaineSpark | 60% by 2025. MaineSpark|60% by 2025 is powered by a coalition of organizations -- schools and universities, nonprofits and foundations, government agencies and businesses -- with a common goal: by 2025, 60% of Mainers will hold education and workforce credentials that position Maine and its families for success.
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7/6/2022 12:31:14 am

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