Teachers help students find themselves. But it works the other way, too.
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Unity College’s Distance Education Department relocates to New Gloucester
In November, the department completed the move from Unity’s main campus to Pineland Farms, a 5,000-acre farm in New Gloucester just 30 minutes north of Portland.
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Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Former Carrabec teacher says school found he violated student interaction policy
Anthony Pranses says that he plans to push for the removal of Superintendent Mike Tracy once his administrative leave ends on Jan. 1, 2020.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
State working to resolve glitch in standardized test scores
Individual students’ scores are correct but accompanying graphics incorrectly show how students performed relative to their peers.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Why Americans are staying put
Policymakers will have to come to terms with a much more rooted population than we have had in the past.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Symposium explores ways to close widening gap in Maine’s workforce
The state will have to add an estimated 158,000 trained people to its workforce by 2025 to maintain economic growth, Educate Maine tells participants at its annual symposium.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Scarborough teachers rally over stalled contract talks
They have been working without a contract since Aug. 31 and their union will soon enter fact-finding negotiations with the school board.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster
Lightening the Load: Falmouth cuts homework for youngest students
A new policy means no more homework for students in kindergarten through grade 3 and less homework for fourth and fifth grade students.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Obituaries
‘Smartest person I ever met’: Seismology pioneer Caryl Johnson of Portland loses fight with cancer at 73
Johnson’s early work formed the basis for modern earthquake detection systems and even inspired a passage in author Tom Clancy’s 1984 spy thriller ‘The Hunt for Red October.’
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Internet privacy law is a good first step, but much more needs to be done
Protecting Mainers online calls for regulating websites, social media platforms and data brokers, not just internet service providers.