Presumpscot school parents pack a meeting and turn in a petition calling for the four schools that are in line for renovations to remain open.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Schools and Education
Alfond Foundation’s $3.6 million grant to community colleges boosts workforce development
The grant will help expand short-term training programs to ease labor shortages in health care, information technology and other industries.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: Hearing early on the call to teach
A mother’s gift of four old school desks helped a girl discover her life’s work.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Gina Barreca: College education can’t be measured by graduate’s salary
Judging institutions, subjects and majors in quantifiable terms devalues the impact of learning.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
ACLU Maine can’t intervene in lawsuit over religious-school tuition, judge rules
The case challenges a state law that bars taxpayers’ money from being used to pay for students to attend religious schools.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Unum donates $300,000 to girls’ leadership program
The gift to the Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute will be matched by the Harold Alfond Foundation.
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Maine gets $2.9M grant for school safety
The state will prioritize help for high-need rural schools.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Sewing school helps build bigger workforce
Immigrants make up most of the students in a program that can place them in jobs.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Yes, older adults shouldn’t be forgotten – but what about our kids?
We should at least try to leave the next generation something comparable to what we inherited.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics, Schools and Education
Education secretary warns of student debt crisis
Betsy DeVos blames the Obama administration and its 2010 takeover of federal student loans, which stopped private banks from giving out federally subsidized loans.