In the yes column, a lunch sack, a Thermos and leftovers.
education
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: On books, booze and borrowed money: Advice for matriculating students
For my readers who are going off to college, I thought I would share the best of my hard-won wisdom.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: No, Secretary DeVos, guns aren’t school supplies
Arming teachers with federal funds intended to enhance learning is misguided and dangerous.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Bates prepares to welcome 2nd-largest class in its history
The Lewiston college says more students than usual accepted offers of admission, resulting in 550 students expected to arrive on campus Monday.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Education secretary considering using federal money to buy guns for schools
The Education Department is pondering whether to allow states to use money available through some grants to buy firearms.
Posted inLife & Culture, Nation & World, News, Politics
Utah graduate assistant warns students carrying firearms that they must stand on ‘3×3 taped square’
The educator is reassigned after referring to concealed carry as ‘absurd, antisocial, and frightening.’
Posted inMaine, News, Religion and Values, Schools and Education
Families’ lawsuit challenges Maine law against public funding for religious schools
The federal lawsuit seeks to overturn the decades-old law barring tuition reimbursements for sectarian schools.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Mold cleanup in SMCC’s largest dorm to displace 320 students as semester starts
Testing identifies several types of mold in the 10-year-old Spring Point Residence Hall, some of it low levels of ‘black mold.’ Some students say the school was slow to inform them of the problem.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Silence gives monsters their power
A little girl too frightened to out a bully grows up to understand – and even forgive.
Posted inMaine
Portland gets ready to open new Rowe Elementary School
The Amanda C. Rowe Elementary School on Orono Road will replace the former Hall Elementary.