ORONO, Maine, Oct. 7 -- University of Maine issued the following news release:
More than 20% of Maine's K-12 public school students qualify for special education services, one of the highest rates in the nation.
At the same time, schools across the state continue to face teacher shortages, including a shortage of qualified special educators. In rural communities, smaller pools of potential teachers and transportation and housing challenges compound staffing difficulties.
The University of Maine aims to address this shortfall by helping aspiring special educators in rural communities earn master's degrees that lead to state certification, with tuition fully covered.
Project MAINEd (Maine Adaptive Intervention Network for Educators in Dis...