“Brunswick Buzz,” a new podcast from Brunswick Superintendent Phil Potenziano, will help the district share news and discuss broader education topics with the school community.
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Reading, math scores fell sharply during pandemic, data show
A new national study finds math and reading scores for America’s 9-year-old students fell sharply during the pandemic, underscoring the impact of 2 years of learning disruptions.
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Bowdoin College opens without COVID-19 testing requirement
Bowdoin College opened its fall semester Wednesday with no surveillance testing program or mask mandates, policy changes that administrators say reflect the current state of the pandemic.
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Schools prepare for surge of new students from asylum-seeking families
Saco will see enrollment grow by over 100 this fall, testing teachers and staff and straining budgets.
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Cape Elizabeth ballot includes school projects packing a 25% tax increase
Voters will be asked to approve borrowing to build new elementary and middle schools and renovate Cape Elizabeth High School at a cost of $116 million.
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Buxton-based school board considers removing books about sexuality and gender identity from school libraries
Some parents want the books “Gender Queer: A Memoir” and “It’s Perfectly Normal” removed from libraries at Bonny Eagle middle school and high school.
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Maine Observer: This sub can’t wait to go back to school
Our classrooms need all the help they can get these days. I’m happy to chip in.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Portland struggles to recruit staff needed for after-school program
The city needs 10 additional staff to run the after-school portion of the Before & After the Bell program, which is scheduled to start Sept. 6.
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Maine school districts scramble to hire up for the school year
Schools around the country are struggling to fill vacancies, and Maine schools are having mixed success.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Just a Little Old: The bogus fear of critical race theory
When we were on the beach at Anna Maria Island last spring, we encountered a group of 30-somethings from Indiana with their young children. We learned that their kids all attended the same Catholic school back in Indiana. One of the parents said to me, “We don’t want our kids to go to a school […]