Schools and Education
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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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PublishedJanuary 31, 2017
American colleges invested unwisely again last year, annual study shows
In contrast with their 2 percent loss, the S&P 500 index ended 2016 with a 9.5 percent gain.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2017
UMaine System presidents have guarded response to Trump immigration order
The heads of the seven campuses affirm their support for diversity but don't directly address the immigrant ban; meanwhile, the University of New England speaks to its own values.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2017
Leaders of Maine’s private colleges denounce Trump’s immigration order
While the presidents of Bates, Bowdoin and Colby colleges issue the strongest criticism, top officials in the University of Maine System remain largely silent.
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