Schools and Education
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PublishedAugust 28, 2023
Local schools make last-minute push to prepare for new students from asylum-seeking families
In Freeport and Sanford, schools have hired English instructors and made other adjustments needed to welcome dozens of new students.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2023
‘This is where I’m meant to be’: Maine teachers prepare for school year with hope
As they prepare to begin a challenging new school year, we asked five Maine teachers to share their thoughts and their goals. Here's what they had to say.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2023
In photos: USM students move into new Portland dorm
Photos by staff photographer Shawn Patrick Ouellette.
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PublishedAugust 27, 2023
School year in Maine begins with familiar staffing shortages
Special-education teachers are in especially short supply.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2023
In some schools, dread over the new year: ‘We’re scared to teach’
Across the country, teachers are reporting to their unions and principals what they describe as a list of accruing traumas from their classrooms.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2023
Spruce Mountain directors approve chaga mushroom project
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PublishedAugust 18, 2023
USM to offer special education bachelor’s degree
A shortage of special education educators is affecting school districts across Maine.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2023
Residents in Wales, Litchfield and Sabattus reject school district budget again
Turnout and margins of vote almost identical to those for June 13 referendum.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2023
USM celebrates opening of first residence hall on Portland campus
A ribbon cutting was held Tuesday in Portland to celebrate the opening of Portland Commons, a 580-bed residencehall.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2023
Third time’s a charm: Gorham voters overwhelmingly approve school budget
It took three referendum tries, but on Tuesday voters went all in on a $49.9 million education budget less than 3 weeks before the start of school.
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