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Schools and Education
News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
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Attorneys general sue DeVos for delaying rules on for-profit predatory colleges
The rules were to take effect July 1 and, in part, make schools financially responsible for fraud.
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New state budget sends more money to public schools in Maine
But how much more each school district will get is still being calculated by the Department of Education.
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Stephanie Hatzenbeuhler resigns from Portland school board
Hatzenbuehler will step down in September, just shy of the end of her first three-year term on the board.
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Driver who left 5-year-old aboard Gardiner school bus lost her job
Superintendent Patricia Hopkins said Maine School Administrative District 11 has now added procedures to check school buses at the end of each run to prevent this from happening again.
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UMA partially answers call for cybersecurity
About 140 students are enrolled in the program, which started in the fall of 2015.
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New Hampshire prep school investigates sexual conquest game
The allegations follow the arrest of a former student who was convicted in the ‘Senior Salute’ case.
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Kennebunk teacher accused of sex with student is placed on leave
Jill Lamontagne, a health teacher at the high school, allegedly had sexual contact with a 17-year-old student ‘numerous times.’
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Little boat built by students in Kennebunk completes Atlantic crossing
‘The Little Boat That Could’ washes ashore in Scotland after traveling thousands of miles since January.
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Early childhood education expert speaks at UMF about encouraging spiritual development in the classroom
Deborah Schein argues that spiritual development underpins all other forms of learning