Teachers Making House Calls in Maine

"More high school students in Maine are graduating today as compared to 5 or 10 years ago, but many are still being left behind - some are teen parents, others have been bullied, have experienced trauma or struggle with anxiety. One central Maine charter school is trying to reach those students by bringing school into their homes.

"On an early Tuesday morning, Juliana Rothschild steps out of her car and knocks on the front door of a home in Farmington. Jessica Cousins opens the door. The two sit down at Cousins' kitchen table and pull out a couple of laptops.

"Rothschild is a teacher, and has come for her weekly three-hour class with Cousins, who dropped out of school two years ago at the age of 16. Cousins says she had a turbulent childhood, moving from town-to-town and rarely attending the same school for more than a few years."

A recent Bangor Daily News article reported on the  Threshold program being operated by the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences, a charter school in Hinckley, Maine.

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Bangor Daily News: New program has teachers making house calls to Maine students suffering from anxiety (3 JUN 18)