Schools and Education
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2017
Maine senators on losing side in opposing DeVos nomination
Observers predict the education chief's appointment will have little effect on Maine schools.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2017
UNE receives solid grades from two leading credit-rating firms
Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings both issued their first-ever ratings for the Maine-based private university.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2017
Charter school hoping to occupy old court building in Skowhegan
The Cornville Regional Charter School aims to be the first pre-K through grade 12 charter school in Maine.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2017
Marijuana is still illegal, as far as Maine’s colleges and universities are concerned
The schools, like most in states that have legalized recreational pot, feel compelled to follow federal law and not run the risk of losing millions in funding.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2017
After-school class a hit with Massachusetts middle-schoolers
The students learn to read music, then transcribe it in a computer program.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2017
Maine Republicans accuse Portland schools chief of politicizing alleged hate crime
The criticism of Superintendent Xavier Botana comes on the day police arrest Jamie Hoffman and charge him with accosting four ninth-graders.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2017
Rallies planned for 4 Casco Bay High School students who were hate crime targets
The student demonstrations at two other Portland high schools are scheduled for Friday afternoon.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2017
Portland Adult Education receives $45,000 donation
Bank of America gave the donation, to be disbursed over three years, for the New Mainers Resource Center.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2017
Interactive map: Compared with other states, charter schools play a tiny role in Maine
Only 12 other states, mostly in the rural west and south, have a lower proportion of students enrolled in charter schools than Maine, according to federal statistics.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2017
Eighth-grader from Gray wins Cumberland County Spelling Bee
Naomi Zarin of the Friends School of Portland repeats as champion.
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