With such an approach, it’s not a choice between due process for the accused and care for victims – empathy and understanding can extend to all.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: As Maine districts step up security, school resource officers should be ready for the ordinary
Students who act out often need help that law enforcement isn’t trained to provide.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Later school start times help students succeed
Studies have shown that a lack of sleep not only hurts academic performance but correlates with depression and drug use.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: A new name for USM should reflect what school aspires to be
Renaming the University of Southern Maine involves far more than mere marketing considerations.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine Observer: Drilling for what was once unthinkable
A teacher ponders the implications during a ‘code red’ drill aimed at rehearsing for the day an active shooter calls.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
South Portland High recognizes grad for academic achievement – 75 years later
Although she had an elite grade point average, Mildred Marie Truland Dexter was passed over for the academic honor.
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Maine Voices: The right school culture, not academic proficiency, best prepares students for life
An atmosphere of belonging and teamwork, not competition and caution, are powerful keys to motivation and success.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Schools must take a stand to keep cellphones from disrupting learning
Parents also should help tamp down a practice that damages their kids’ future prospects and social skills.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Freeport school offers lesson in how to curtail screen time
A Press Herald editorial notes the impracticality of keeping students off their digital devices – but Maine Coast Waldorf is doing it.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Justice Department backs lawsuit led by Maine resident challenging Harvard’s ‘racial balancing’
The lawsuit by Students For Fair Admission, whose president lives in Maine part-time, argues that the Ivy League school’s consideration of race in its admissions policy is discriminatory.