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Local schools make last-minute push to prepare for new students from asylum-seeking families

by Gillian Graham August 28, 2023August 28, 2023

In Freeport and Sanford, schools have hired English instructors and made other adjustments needed to welcome dozens of new students.

Maine, News, Schools and Education

‘This is where I’m meant to be’: Maine teachers prepare for school year with hope

by Lana Cohen August 27, 2023August 27, 2023

As they prepare to begin a challenging new school year, we asked five Maine teachers to share their thoughts and their goals. Here’s what they had to say.

Maine, News, Schools and Education

In photos: USM students move into new Portland dorm

by Shawn Patrick Ouellette August 27, 2023August 26, 2023

Photos by staff photographer Shawn Patrick Ouellette.

Maine, Schools and Education

School year in Maine begins with familiar staffing shortages

by Lana Cohen August 27, 2023August 28, 2023

Special-education teachers are in especially short supply.

Nation & World, News, Schools and Education

In some schools, dread over the new year: ‘We’re scared to teach’

by Lauren Lumpkin The Washington Post August 26, 2023August 26, 2023

Across the country, teachers are reporting to their unions and principals what they describe as a list of accruing traumas from their classrooms.

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Spruce Mountain directors approve chaga mushroom project

by Pam Harnden August 26, 2023

JAY — Regional School Unit 73 directors on Thursday conditionally approved a contract for JustNiks Micosilva to work with teachers and students to raise chaga mushrooms on district land. “The Spruce Mountain mycoforestry outdoor research project gives Spruce Mountain High School students the opportunity to learn about fungi in an outdoor environment,” teacher Rob Taylor […]