The results fell to levels unseen for decades.
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High-stakes year begins for kids still learning to read
Mounting evidence from around the country shows that students who spent more time learning remotely during the 2020-2021 school year, many of them Black and Latino, lost about half of an academic year of learning.
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Posted inBooks, Nation & World, News, Schools and Education
Judge thwarts Virginia Republicans’ effort to limit sale of books at Barnes & Noble
The 2 books at the heart of the suit are Maia Kobabe’s ‘Gender Queer,’ a memoir about identifying as nonbinary, and Sarah J. Maas’s ‘A Court of Mist and Fury,’ a fantasy novel that depicts a dark fairy romance.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Maine students head back to school, this time without all the COVID protocols
The return to classrooms feels much more normal this year as pandemic restrictions have gone away.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Religious schools shun state funding despite Maine victory
Maine’s attorney general warned that the schools would have to abide by state antidiscrimination laws, including those that protect LGBTQ students and faculty, and that requirement has frustrated the families who sued.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools and Education
Lewiston schools to start new cellphone, recording restrictions Wednesday
School Committee members additionally voted to reallocate unspent funds from open staff positions to help students reenter the school system and expand the Store Next Door.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Schools prepare for surge of new students from asylum-seeking families
Saco will see enrollment grow by over 100 this fall, testing teachers and staff and straining budgets.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Affordable housing crisis creates another barrier for Maine college students
Limited student housing and high rents are leaving students scrambling to find a place to live before school starts.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Missouri school district reinstates spanking if parents agree
Experts say the practice is detrimental to students.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools and Education
Lewiston School Committee to vote on revised cellphone, recording policy
One educator said prohibiting cellphones would “support a better learning environment.” Another said it would be a “nightmare.”