‘I Am Eleven’ is part of the Portland Children’s Film Festival and includes interviews with 11-year-olds in 15 countries.
Schools and Education
News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
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Portland students give their classmates a lift
Deering High juniors looking to lower barriers to learning make a video to persuade the school board to weigh expanding access to busing.
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USM restores recreation and leisure studies program
The major had been one of four academic programs due to be eliminated as part of systemwide budget cuts.
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LePage to attend inaugural event at UNE’s Morocco campus
The university welcomed 23 students at its new Tangier campus on Jan. 10.
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University of Maine announces $10 million in budget cuts
No faculty layoffs or program cuts are called for in the savings plan.
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Bill to stop Maine university cutbacks voted down
Lawmakers vote against the bill that would have put a 12-month moratorium on faculty, staff and program cuts in order to further study the UMaine System’s finances.
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$1 trillion student loan debt widens U.S. wealth gap
Roughly 37 million people in the U.S. are so saddled with student debt they may never catch up with their wealthy peers who began life after college debt-free.
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Gov. Deval Patrick to speak at Colby’s commencement
The Massachusetts governor will also receive an honorary degree.
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Crisis at USM manufactured or real? Here’s a deeper look
Critics want to use reserve funds to save USM programs. University officials say the funds are spoken for, and deny the system is top-heavy with administrators.
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Maine students show decline in math, reading, writing
Only the state’s fifth-graders made gains in the New England Common Assessment Program.