Lessons From Oak Hill

Over the course of the past school year, we've followed the implementation of Maine’s proficiency-based diploma law through the lens of students and…

Three years from now, high school seniors in Maine will have to demonstrate proficiency in math, English, science and other core subjects in order to…

This year's class of high school freshmen will be the first to graduate with a new kind of diploma three years from now in Maine. To get it, they will…

High school freshmen in Maine will graduate four years from now with a new kind of diploma, for which they'll have to show proficiency in a variety of…

Starting three years from now, high school students in Maine won’t be able to graduate by just earning enough credits — they’ll need to have mastered a…

Beginning this year, high school freshmen in Maine have to work toward a new kind of "proficiency-based" diploma. Under the new requirement, students must…

In Oak Hill High School’s efforts to implement new, proficiency-based graduation requirements, one department is held up as a prime example of what this…

Maine’s first-year high schoolers this year will make history. They will be the first class that needs to meet a new requirement in order to graduate four…

Students entering high school this year in Maine will be the first in the country to graduate with a new kind of diploma. Instead of amassing a set number…