Students ages 4 to 14 at a homeschool collective in York County participate in an immersive lesson on elections every 4 years. On Wednesday, the 5 student candidates debated issues ranging from playground improvements to inclusivity.
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Riley covers education for the Press Herald. Before moving to Portland, she spent two years in Kenai, Alaska, reporting on local government, schools and natural resources for the public radio station KDLL as part of the Report for America program. Riley originally hails from Sarasota, Florida, and is a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont, where she served as the editor-in-chief of the college’s student newspaper, The Campus. She has interned at the Burlington Free Press, and at the Smithsonian Institution’s Folklife Magazine in Washington, D.C. Outside of work, Riley is passionate about roller skating, cooking and her cat, Edgar.
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Biddeford feasts for $7 million expansion of regional technical center
Officials cut the ribbon on a major extension to Biddeford’s regional vocational school. The extension houses programs in culinary arts, hospitality, sports medicine, EMT training and plumbing.
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Francophone diplomats address Portland students about multilingual education
Ambassadors from France, Gabon and the Central African Republic visited Deering High School Friday to talk about French-speaking students in Portland, and how to support French language education in the state.
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UNE to offer Maine’s first doctoral program in social work
The University of New England will begin offering the fully online social work doctorate program this winter.
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Two liberal arts colleges in Maine see little change in diversity after end of affirmative action
The state’s private colleges committed to building diverse student bodies despite the 2023 Supreme Court decision banning race-conscious admissions. The first students affected by the ruling are now on campus.
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RSU 14 leader named Maine Assistant Superintendent of the Year
Christine Frost-Bertinet, assistant superintendent of the Windham and Raymond School District, won the award for her commitment to equity and community engagement.
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Portland school district identifies $500,000 to resolve retirement pay issues
The district’s finance director says savings from grant-funded programs and staff vacancies will cover the contract with an accounting firm to reconcile payment issues with the state’s public retirement system.
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Southern Maine voters mull millions in school building projects on November ballot
Maine schools often turn to taxpayers for school construction or renovation funding because of the state’s limited resources. But voters in those communities may not be open to picking up these big costs.
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Biden names UMaine president to National Science Board
Joan Ferrini-Mundy, who has a Ph.D. in mathematics education, will serve on the 24-member board that oversees the National Science Foundation.
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Portland school board OKs contract with 12% raise for most ed techs
But the district put off a decision on whether to hire an accounting firm to help sort out ongoing payroll issues, specifically incorrect payments it made to the Maine Public Employee Retirement System.