Schools and Education
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PublishedJune 13, 2017
Bonny Eagle sign language interpreter has student loans paid by online app
The trivia game created by Givling also has a crowdfunding component that helps pay off a player's student loan or home mortgage.
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PublishedJune 13, 2017
Topsham parents wanted to record their son’s school day – a jury says no
The federal case was considered a novel effort to extend free-speech rights to recording of a disabled student's interactions at school.
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PublishedJune 13, 2017
Maine voters to decide on school budgets and state bond Tuesday
Most proposed budgets are accompanied by spending increases and property tax increases.
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PublishedJune 13, 2017
Maine schools chart their own courses to proficiency-based learning
Yarmouth High School is making a gradual shift toward the mastering-skills system rather than a comprehensive overhaul, an approach that may be adopted by educators across the state.
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PublishedJune 12, 2017
UMaine System says more than $25 million in funding at risk in Trump budget plan
The losses could include at least $8.3 million in indirect costs for federal grants, as well as a half-dozen programs that could be cut or eliminated.
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PublishedJune 12, 2017
Record-breaking heat sends younger schoolchildren home early in Augusta
The temperature reached 91 on Monday, with 'very warm and increasingly humid air' in the region, according to the National Weather Service.
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PublishedJune 12, 2017
Skepticism, other hurdles complicate switch to proficiency-based learning
Some schools are struggling to make the transition, threatening the ultimate goal of having a diploma from anywhere in Maine that marks a student's mastery of the same standards.
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PublishedJune 11, 2017
Shakespeare scholar will hold UMaine position named for Stephen King
Caroline Bicks, who teaches English at Boston College, is a New York City native who grew up spending her summers in Castine.
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PublishedJune 11, 2017
Unusual group of Girl Scouts graduates in Cape Elizabeth
The nine remaining members of Troop 2222 say they formed a sisterly bond they hope to maintain for the rest of their lives.
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PublishedJune 11, 2017
Maine schools blaze a trail in new approach to education
Proficiency-based learning holds promise, some say, but there's also pushback about the nagging questions over its implementation.
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