Education
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PublishedNovember 14, 2022
UMaine system schools to close $5 million budget gap
Schools are making plans to dig into reserves and remaining federal COVID relief funds, keep vacant teaching positions open, limit travel and other expenses, and boost marketing campaigns.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2022
Pandemic, staff shortages take toll on education services for students with disabilities
A lack of ed techs in particular has prompted a rising number of complaints that students aren't getting legally required services in Maine schools.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2022
College students worry about decreasing diversity if affirmative action is overturned
They say their schools would lose an important tool for giving opportunities to marginalized groups and bringing people from different backgrounds together.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2022
After years of dipping into own pocket, Brunswick teacher surprised with free classroom supplies
After several years of dipping into her own paycheck to stock her fifth grade classroom, Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School teacher Erin Deschesne won $500 worth of school supplies from education company Teach Starter Tuesday.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2022
Commentary: Maine home-school growth strong and persisting
Most of the students who began home-schooling during the pandemic are still home-schooling. There are several good reasons for that.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2022
Classes to resume today at Maranacook Community Middle and High Schools after threat suspect identified
Classes were canceled for Monday after a threatening text message prompted officials to close the high school and middle school campus on Halloween.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2022
13 Maine school districts receiving total of $13 million for 34 electric buses
Wells-Ogunquit is receiving the most funding – $4.3 million – to purchase 11 electric buses and replace most of its fleet of diesel buses.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2022
Biddeford school leader named Superintendent of the Year
Jeremy Ray now leads the Biddeford, Dayton and Saco school districts. Biddeford's mayor says Ray is a pragmatic problem-solver who helps other school leaders.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2022
Schools got $122 billion to reopen last year. Most has not been used.
School systems throughout the country reported using less than 15% of the latest round of federal education funding allotted to them during the last school year.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2022
Maine students’ math and reading scores plummet during pandemic
The first comprehensive look at how the nation's students are faring after two years of pandemic learning shows decades of academic progress erased – in Maine and nationwide.
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