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: After so much national news, Mainers need to think local
Right in our own backyards, nonprofits are relying on the generosity of their neighbors to meet needs that are expanding in this time of crisis.
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Maine Voices: Asset building key to breaking cycle of poverty
Often-overlooked housing programs and models can help working poor Maine families build the equity they need to weather financial storms.
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The Maine Millennial: We can end domestic violence
There are short-term and long-term strategies that could deliver us from an age-old problem.
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Leonard Pitts: Whitmer kidnap plot reveals a certain kind of entitlement
This sort of violence and bitterness stems from the conviction that by dint of color or culture, one deserves the final word.
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Commentary: Colleges’ move away from standardized testing during COVID should be permanent
When schools adopted entrance exams, they believed it put every student on a level playing field. But that’s never been true.
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New jobless aid to have limited benefits as more Mainers slip into poverty
Struggling Mainers have turned to state assistance to make ends meet since enhanced unemployment benefits expired at the end of July.
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Commentary: Head Start urges Maine’s senators to OK $1.7 billion in emergency relief
The preschool program has served families throughout the pandemic. Now it needs help keeping our most at-risk children safe.
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Tom Allen: Congress must act to keep students connected
Schools can’t reopen successfully without bipartisan support for smart policies to bridge the digital divide and serve rural and underserved areas.
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Maine Voices: To make America truly great again, move toward greater equity
Countries with adequate and accessible social supports are countries where more people can use their potential.