The social studies teachers are among 11 educators nationwide to win spots in the research program.
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Lunders to help fund art collaborative buildings in Waterville
The philanthropists are donating $3 million to the effort to renovate the buildings at 14 and 20 Main Street where offices of the Lunder Institute will share space with artist studios, and exhibit and performance areas.
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Maine’s rural school districts to lose $1.2 million with federal program change
The U.S. Department of Education has determined that free- and reduced-lunch numbers cannot be used as a basis for awarding federal Title V grant money for low-income rural schools.
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Skowhegan area school district’s search for new mascot garners 1,500 suggestions
Gathering ideas for a new team name is the start of a multistep process sanctioned by the Maine School Administrative District 54 board last fall after the “Indians” nickname and mascot were retired.
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Concerns about Richmond schools boil over amid district-withdrawal talks
A public hearing during Monday’s Board of Selectmen’s meeting focused on the possibility of Richmond withdrawing from Regional School Unit 2.
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See 6 Maine high schools’ Valentine’s ski race – gotta love it
Six southern Maine high schools competed Wednesday in the third annual Valentine’s Day fun cross-country race at Portland’s Riverside Golf Course. The race was about one mile, and costumes were encouraged. The schools in the race were Brunswick, Falmouth, Freeport, Portland, Waynflete and Yarmouth.
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Teacher unions: Children terrified by active shooter drills
The report recommends schools focus on training teachers on how to respond to an active shooter rather than drilling kids.
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Portland middle-schooler wins Cumberland County Spelling Bee
Rose Bolduc, a seventh-grader at Lincoln Middle School advanced to the Maine State Spelling Bee by spelling ‘attributive’ in the 21st round.
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Richmond residents to weigh in on leaving RSU 2
The question on the ballot asks whether residents want to explore leaving Regional School Unit 2, which would require knowing the costs to leave the district and to have Richmond run its own schools.
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Prosecutor drops OUI case against longtime Biddeford school bus driver
Richard Tanguay will return to work immediately, the superintendent said Friday, after breath and urine tests revealed no evidence of alcohol or drugs.