Construction on the school’s $93 million home could begin next month, and Maine’s only medical college could make the move to Portland in 2024.
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Scarborough High will reopen Wednesday after student received threatening texts
Authorities said Tuesday that a suspect has been arrested, and the threats were not credible.
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Board of Buxton school district votes against removing book from library
Parents who mounted a challenge to keeping the book, “Gender Queer: A Memoir,” on the shelves of the Bonny Eagle High School library failed to convince the board to remove the book on gender and sexuality
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Ole Miss honors first Black student 60 years after integration
Two died in the violence as James Meredith enrolled, over 200 officers and soldiers were hurt and 200 people were arrested.
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With free meals available for all students in Maine, officials say there are still hurdles to offering better food
A recent photo of a school lunch from Marcia Buker Elementary School in Richmond prompted controversy among parents about the quality of meals the district provides.
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Student absenteeism skyrocketed in the pandemic as test scores plunged
At least 10.1 million students were chronically absent during 2020-2021, the first full academic year of the pandemic.
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Republican states sue Biden administration over student loan plan
It’s at least the second legal challenge this week to the sweeping debt-relief proposal laid out by President Biden in late August.
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Conversation with author Machado at Colby College to kick off first Maine Lit Fest
Carmen Maria Machado, who wrote the celebrated “In the Dream House,” spoke this week ahead of the festival and weighed in on rising efforts to ban books from school libraries.
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Virginia students protest governor’s transgender policies
One policy would require a parent or guardian sign-off on names or pronouns different to what’s on the student’s official record.
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As strain on public school educators continues, Thomas College looks to provide a fix
The college has altered requirements that will allow students pursuing an education degree to work as substitute teachers and ed techs in public schools struggling to fill those positions.