The 38-minute period dubbed Academic Focus Time will give students an opportunity to make up work with classroom teachers.
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Teaching jobs, athletics and more at risk as Gorham voters mull school budget
The proposed $49 million budget would eliminate middle school sports, make high school sports pay-to-play and cut 20 jobs. Other effects might go beyond the classrooms and playing fields.
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Harry Frankfurt, philosopher of excrement-level falsehoods, dies at 94
Frankfurt, a Princeton University philosopher who wrote primarily on Descartes, free will and moral responsibility, found literary fame with an unexpected bestseller on the pervasive, willful and devilish art of avoiding the truth.
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Unity Environmental University sees enrollment grow as it continues transition to distance learning
Officials at the university, formerly known as Unity College, said that within a couple of years, they expect to enroll more than 10,000 full-time students.
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Maine’s most selective colleges say little about their legacy admissions practices
Bowdoin, Colby and Bates answered few questions about preference given to applicants related to alumni and donors.
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Portland schools embracing multilingual education
A third of the district’s roughly 6,500 students are multilingual, many with limited English. Preparing educators to confront that shift could benefit everyone.
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Biden administration announces $39 billion in student loan forgiveness
The Education Department said the plan will help more than 800,000 borrowers.
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Free community college program extended, CMCC predicts another record year
Students who graduate in the Class of 2024 and 2025 are now eligible for the program.
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David Fogle, influential preservationist whose work earned King Charles’ praise, dies at 94
Fogle, an international authority on historic preservation and urban planning, started a program for University of Maryland students to work on projects around the world, including a 17th-century English countryside estate built by the family that founded Maryland and its namesake university.
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Maine home-schooling numbers remain high following pandemic spike
Experts, parents and advocates cite a number of reasons for a dramatic rise of a system that provides an alternative to traditional schooling.