Schools and Education
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2015
Virtual school student wins Cumberland County Spelling Bee
Caroline Beckwith, a student of South Portland-based Maine Connections Academy, wins by spelling 'phobic' in the seventh round.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2015
Commission calls for Maine to boost college aid
The overall cost of all the recommendations in the report would exceed $30 million annually in new funding.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2015
Cape Elizabeth adds a year to school superintendent’s contract
The School Board extends Meredith Nadeau's deal in spite of allusions to problems with morale.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2015
Glenn Cummings emphasizes Maine roots as he vies to lead USM
The interim president of UMaine Augusta and a professor at the University of Southern Maine, he is one of three candidates for the job.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2015
Unity College students find range of ‘green’ career choices
The environmentally oriented job fair brings recruiters and students together to talk about potential careers that benefit the environment.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2015
Bangor NAACP urges Skowhegan schools to drop Indian mascot, nickname
Tribal leaders say they're ready to meet with Skowhegan school officials to explain why they should change the school's mascot.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2015
Matt Clark: ‘I know the crippling loan debt people can end up in’
University of Southern Maine freshman Matt Clark said he thought long and hard about paying for college before deciding where he would go. For some students, it’s the other way around: Apply to schools where you want to go, then figure out how to pay for it no matter what the tuition costs. “When I […]
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2015
Micaela Manganello: ‘I always knew it would be a huge financial burden’
Micaela Manganello knows she’s going into debt to get her nursing degree, and that’s a little scary. But the Connecticut native is resigned to the idea that it’s just what it takes these days. “I always knew it would be a huge financial burden,” said Manganello, a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Southern Maine. […]
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2015
Connor Scott: ‘I want the freedom that being debt-free affords you’
Connor Scott is trying to keep his student loan debt to a minimum. He’s been raised to be frugal, one of 10 children in his family and one of five siblings currently enrolled at various University of Maine System campuses. A junior with a double major in business administration and international security at the University […]
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2015
Skyrocketing tuition: ‘Paying more … not getting more’
Expenses for maintaining infrastructure and administration can have an impact on the cost of higher education, but the biggest culprit remains the erosion in state funding.
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