The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday involving the Biden administration’s college loan forgiveness plan.
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News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
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Michigan State set to resume classes after fatal shootings
A school official says returning to familiarity is ‘helpful in the process of grieving,’ but also knows everyone heals at their own pace and students will be given some flexibility.
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Dixfield-based school district gets loan for privacy bathroom stalls at high school
During a board of directors meeting in October Superintendent and Principal of Dirigo High School Pam Doyen said some students were upset by others using bathrooms of their choice.
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Amid ChatGPT outcry, some teachers are inviting AI to class
Donnie Piercey, who teaches fifth grade in Kentucky, says artificial intelligence is coming ‘whether we want it to or not.’
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Maine public school enrollment makes small rebound
The increase for a second year in a row followed years of steady decline and a significant drop at the beginning of the pandemic.
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School meals served on remote learning days will now be reimbursed by the state
The news could be a boon to central Maine districts that were facing thousands of dollars of unbudgeted expenses or ending the school year in late June.
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University of Maine at Farmington may slash most of its part-time faculty
After laying off nine members of its full-time faculty last spring, the university is eyeing a plan to eliminate ‘most adjunct faculty at the undergraduate level.’
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Inflation, state funding cut put pressure on Portland schools budget for 2024
Maintaining current staffing levels and resources while accounting for inflation, wage increases and a $2.4 million decrease in state funding would cost an additional $10.4 million above the current budget, officials said during a preliminary budget meeting Monday.
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Maine HRC finds USM discriminated against transgender student seeking health care
The University of Maine System will enter a 90-day conciliation process following the commission’s vote.
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School until late June or thousands of dollars in unbudgeted expenses?
Districts, including those based in Augusta, Gardiner and Winthrop, are no longer reimbursed for providing students meals on remote learning days, complicating efforts to reschedule missed hours of instruction.