One of the nation’s largest teachers unions is authorizing its members to strike if their schools plan to reopen without proper safety measures
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News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
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Republican bill ignores calls for extension on federal student loan payment moratorium
The suspension is set to expire at the end of September.
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Portland schools may let students learn from home if they want to
The school board will take public comment next week on a range of reopening scenarios, all of which come with a remote learning option.
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Colleges plan for virus testing, but strategies vary widely
Schools try to reassure parents and students they can reopen safely, even if it means spending whatever it takes.
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In shift, Trump says some schools may need to delay opening
Even as he tempered his position, Trump insisted that schools should be ‘actively making preparations to open.’
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Bates College may house some students in area hotels
Lewiston college is scrambling to get ready for students’ return in a month to a transformed campus.
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Poll finds very few Americans want to see full school reopenings
The findings are a sharp contrast to the picture that President Donald Trump paints as he pressures schools to reopen.
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With master’s students back in class, MECA already in first phase of reopening campus
The art school in downtown Portland plans to bring back all 500 of its students by September.
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Maine teachers worry what a return to school will look like
Amid a nationwide debate over how and when to reopen schools, Maine teachers and staff have concerns about health and safety, how to enforce mask-wearing and what to do if their own children’s schedules don’t align with theirs.
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Superintendents welcome guidelines, see parents’ support as key to reopening
Three administrators in southern Maine say the state’s blueprint will inform how schools approach reopening in the fall.