School systems throughout the country reported using less than 15% of the latest round of federal education funding allotted to them during the last school year.
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Companies lure hourly workers with college tuition perks
Walmart, Amazon and Chipotle have made free higher education accessible for to more than 3 million U.S. workers, but critics question whether the move is glossing over deeper issues.
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UNE team gets $6.6 million grant to explore eye pain, potential treatments
With the National Eye Institute award, a University of New England scientist will look at how eye damage takes its physical and emotional toll.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Maine students’ math and reading scores plummet during pandemic
The first comprehensive look at how the nation’s students are faring after two years of pandemic learning shows decades of academic progress erased – in Maine and nationwide.
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Student test scores fall coast to coast, especially in math, under pandemic’s toll
Declines were seen among high- and lower-performing students alike, for both fourth- and eighth-graders in math and reading.
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Student loan relief to move ahead despite hold, education secretary says
The six Republican-led states – Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina – have argued that the debt relief would lead to a drop in revenue stemming from the loans that were set to be forgiven.
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Appeals court temporarily halts Biden’s student loan forgiveness program
It’s unclear what the decision means for the 22 million borrowers who already applied for the relief.
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Biden says nearly 22 million have already requested student loan relief
President Biden blasted Republicans who have criticized his relief program, saying ‘their outrage is wrong and it’s hypocritical.’
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Gates Foundation donates $1 billion to prioritize math education
But it will cut grants to other subjects like reading, writing, and the arts.
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Portland school district approves 3-year ed-tech contract
The deal follows a year of negotiations and comes as the district grapples with a shortage of education technicians in classrooms.