It takes the form of legal threats to companies sometimes on the other side of the country.
education
Our View: Families must set limits – and an example – for children’s screen time
We can’t expect schools to teach responsible habits if they are not practiced at home.
Teen farmhands learn lessons of grit, teamwork and, of course, how food is grown
They’re spending the summer on Maine farms picking blueberries, cucumbers, strawberries and more.
At back to school time, a mother takes a 360-look at sustainable lunches
In the yes column, a lunch sack, a Thermos and leftovers.
The Maine Millennial: On books, booze and borrowed money: Advice for matriculating students
For my readers who are going off to college, I thought I would share the best of my hard-won wisdom.
Another View: No, Secretary DeVos, guns aren’t school supplies
Arming teachers with federal funds intended to enhance learning is misguided and dangerous.
Bates prepares to welcome 2nd-largest class in its history
The Lewiston college says more students than usual accepted offers of admission, resulting in 550 students expected to arrive on campus Monday.
Education secretary considering using federal money to buy guns for schools
The Education Department is pondering whether to allow states to use money available through some grants to buy firearms.
Utah graduate assistant warns students carrying firearms that they must stand on ‘3×3 taped square’
The educator is reassigned after referring to concealed carry as ‘absurd, antisocial, and frightening.’
Families’ lawsuit challenges Maine law against public funding for religious schools
The federal lawsuit seeks to overturn the decades-old law barring tuition reimbursements for sectarian schools.