Two of the nation’s top law schools are bowing out of the college rankings, claiming they are detrimental to their missions.
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News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
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Threat on social media prompts South Portland middle school to cancel in-person classes
The threat is unrelated to several hoax reports of active shooters at 10 Maine schools Tuesday, the school superintendent said.
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Portland school district hasn’t paid some of its hourly workers on time
Superintendent Xavier Botana says the issue stems from a staffing shortage, and that bus routes could be affected for the same reason.
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University of Virginia says it failed to report suspected shooter for discipline
The school revised its earlier account of a disciplinary action involving suspect Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. in this week’s deadly shooting on campus.
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Richmond to appoint committee to ease transition to municipally run school district
Residents cannot elect a school board until March, but the new municipal district faces a July 1 deadline to have a voter-approved budget and its top administrators in place.
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UMaine system schools to close $5 million budget gap
Schools are making plans to dig into reserves and remaining federal COVID relief funds, keep vacant teaching positions open, limit travel and other expenses, and boost marketing campaigns.
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Pandemic, staff shortages take toll on education services for students with disabilities
A lack of ed techs in particular has prompted a rising number of complaints that students aren’t getting legally required services in Maine schools.
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Applications for student loan forgiveness no longer accepted
Already, about 26 million people have applied, and 16 million applications have been approved. However, because of court rulings, none of the relief has actually gone out.
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College students worry about decreasing diversity if affirmative action is overturned
They say their schools would lose an important tool for giving opportunities to marginalized groups and bringing people from different backgrounds together.
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Two contested books will stay in Spruce Mountain High School library
Regional School Unit 73 directors voted to keep ‘Gender Queer’ and ‘White Fragility’ on the shelves.