The school district already offers Mandarin classes. The new arrangement will bring an instructor from China who will teach two classes at Deering High and two at Casco Bay High.
Schools and Education
News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
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N.H. prep school graduate on bail pending appeal
Owen Labrie’s bail was revoked in March after he admitted violating his curfew.
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Some defend Skowhegan after-school Bible club whose transparency is questioned
A foundation that promotes the separation of church and state hosts an information session at which both sides air their perspectives.
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Third-graders reach out and touch nature in Belgrade
The Maine Lakes Society’s floating classroom offers students from Mt. Vernon Elementary School the opportunity for plenty of hands-on learning.
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For Greely students, trout life-cycle lesson ends at a brook: Photos
The sixth-graders learn about trout by raising them and then releasing them.
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8th-grade girls outperform boys using technology to problem-solve
The findings are important in encouraging more young women to have confidence that they have these skills.
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Federal data show racial and economic segregation increasing in nation’s schools
The promise of Brown v. Board of Education unravels as the proportion of high-poverty, majority-black and Hispanic facilities has soared since 2001, says the Government Accountability Office.
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Brunswick school to host final Civil War re-enactment
Elementary school students have participated in the tradition for the past 20 years.
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Embattled SAD 6 superintendent resigns
Frank Sherburne steps down amid pressure from parents who called for his ouster after he broke the district’s nepotism policy by hiring his son, who lacked state approval to work with students and was later charged with the sexual assault of a student in another district.
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Portland changes morning bell times for some elementary and middle schools
The school district adjusts schedules effective this fall to ensure that buses don’t drop off students too early and are there at the end of the school day.