The candidates competing for three Town Council seats and two School Committee seats at the Nov. 4 election.
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News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
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How Maine teachers are using AI in the classroom
As some school districts work to set up guidelines, one platform, MagicSchool, already has over 8,500 educator accounts in Maine.
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Bowdoinham school lockdown lifted, burglary suspects in custody
Law enforcement and school officials announced around noon that 3 suspects in a burglary on Post Road had been detained, about 2 hours after classes at Bowdoinham Community School were canceled for the day.
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Second attempt to pass Kennebunk-area school district budget fails
The trimmed-down $61.7 million proposal failed at the polls last week, sending RSU 21 into the new school year with the budget in limbo.
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Portland’s pandemic babies start kindergarten focused on friends, monkey bars
The city’s youngest students began their academic journeys at 8 elementary schools Wednesday, which also marked the start of a new early literacy-focused ed tech program in the district’s Title I schools.
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UMF program awarded $1.76M grant to support first-generation, low-income students
The five-year federal award strengthens support for first-generation, low-income and disabled students at UMF.
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Lockdowns lifted at Gorham schools after police respond to neighborhood incident
Police advised the schools to go into precautionary secure/lockdown status while officers responded to an unspecified incident in a town neighborhood.
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UMF program awarded $1.76M grant to support first-generation, low-income students
The five-year federal award strengthens support for first-generation, low-income and disabled students at UMF.
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Saco Middle School starts school year with new assistant principal
Ben Fogg said he is looking forward to connecting with students, staff and families in his new role.
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Maine colleges mostly unaffected by decline in international students
The state has bucked a national trend that has seen a 30% drop in enrollment by foreign students in the wake of Trump administration immigration and education policies.