Schools and Education
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PublishedDecember 1, 2017
Police: Substitute teacher encouraged students to smoke pot
The middle school teacher allegedly gave one student a vaporizer.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2017
Brunswick schools explore consolidating with another district into a ‘service center’
The state has tied "some financial incentives into the mix" for districts that comply, says Superintendent Paul Perzanoski.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2017
Yarmouth student organizes TED-style day to showcase Maine leaders’ reasons for ‘hope’
Sammy Potter started envisioning the event while he was an intern for Sen. Susan Collins.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2017
Lewiston High students receive $113,000 ‘restorative practices’ grant
The money will be used to create a new position at the school to decrease detentions and turn disciplinary cases into 'teaching moments.'
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PublishedNovember 29, 2017
Cities, towns paying more for schools as state pays less, study finds
State funding for Maine's K-12 public schools declined 9 percent from 2008 to 2015.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2017
Portland school board adopts comprehensive transgender policy
It joins about a half-dozen other Maine school districts that have approved such policies since a landmark state supreme court ruling in 2014.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2017
Maranacook middle and high schools to reopen Wednesday after threat
Police determine that a threat against MCHS was targeting a school in Kentucky.
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PublishedNovember 25, 2017
Man with Maine ties helps lead charge against Harvard’s admissions policy
A part-time South Thomaston resident uses funds from his nonprofits to mount lawsuits over universities' race-based considerations.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2017
Portland school officials craft transgender policy
The comprehensive guidelines – with input from students – will require staff training. A vote takes place Tuesday.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2017
English language learners – and challenges – on the rise in Biddeford
Increasing the number of instructors, school district officials acknowledge the 'moral imperative' of meeting children's needs.
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