Figuring out why some students fall behind while others are making gains will be crucial information after the pandemic.
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Maine Voices: Senior year plus COVID equals even more stress. But we can help each other
Connect with other people, take some time away from screens and spend a few minutes moving every day, says a Lewiston student.
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Our View: Students, teachers have earned their snow days
After a tough year, Maine schools should take a break for storms, even if remote learning makes that unnecessary.
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Maine Voices: COVID crisis leaving Maine special ed students’ needs unmet
Our schools need more money for PPE, hazard pay, sick-time banks and student materials.
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Maine Voices: Education indicators provide path for future policy priorities
We need to start with high-quality early education and keep developing the math and reading skills that will help middle and high schoolers make key transitions.
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Maine Voices: We’re thankful for the courage of teachers, school staff
From behind masks and plexiglass, the virus hasn’t stopped our commitment to students or to our collective vision of the future.
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COVID-19 case detected at York High School
A person affiliated with the school had close contact to more than 50 students and staff members, the school department says.
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Maine Voices: It’s up to community to make young people feel that they matter
The Maine Resilience Building Network is starting a conversation that will affect our state’s economic and public health.
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Our View: Maine schools need flexibility to spend federal aid
Managing schools during a pandemic is hard enough without artificial deadlines on spending.
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Insight: Religious rivalry in Maine history
In 1854, an Ellsworth mob tarred and feathered Catholic priest John Bapst, as part of a dispute over which translation of the Bible children should read in public schools.