The tickets have 1 main commonality: Both candidates and their running mates have, at one point or another, backed an expanded child tax credit.
Schools and Education
News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
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University of Maine System sees highest enrollment in 3 years
The 2024-25 school year will have the highest enrollment since 2021.
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Schools are competing with cellphones. Here’s how they think they could win.
Students are struggling to stay engaged in class at a time of poor mental health, shortened attention spans, reduced attendance and worsening grades.
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Bowdoinham Community School to partially close building after finding asbestos
Small amounts were found in the original section of the building, which was built in the 1950s. The district said detected levels are ‘extremely low.’
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UMaine System plans to move ahead with sale of Hutchinson Center to church
System officials say that considering the Belfast evangelical group’s religious affiliation could amount to illegal discrimination.
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With school about to start, districts racing to fill open positions
School officials say it continues to be difficult to hire all of the staff they need, particularly in special education.
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Belfast groups challenging UMaine System’s sale of Hutchinson Center to church
Two other bidders have appealed the decision, arguing that their offers were higher than one submitted by the Calvary Chapel of Belfast.
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University of Maine system to explore adding a medical school
The state’s public university system has engaged with a national consultant to study the feasibility of establishing a medical school.
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Portland school board OKs applications for major construction projects
Though details of the plan have not been finalized, the district has looked at bringing students from Casco Bay, Deering and Portland high schools together on a new, unified campus.
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Lewiston Public Schools honors longtime employee slain in mass shooting
The business office is named for Lucy Violette who worked in the business office for 52 years.