A new C* grade for full-year online or hybrid classes would allow Maine students who struggled during 2020-2021 to graduate on time.
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Our View: Maine student ‘cubesat’ competition part of growing industry
Middle and high schoolers who created their own mini-satellites will put them to the test this weekend. Future launches are sure to come.
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Maine Voices: Ambivalence persists about roles, rights of Mainers with disabilities
Two recent stories show we’re undermining our pledges of inclusion by perpetuating a history rife with prejudice and bias.
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Maine Voices: Panic about critical race theory undercuts students’ search for truth
Young people aren’t fooled by attempts to treat stories from U.S. history and American literature like shameful family secrets to be covered up, a Maine teacher says.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Coastal Journal Edition School Notebook: June 18
Top county teacher to lead Brunswick Junior High School An educator who was named the 2015 Oxford County Teacher of the Year has been selected as the new principal at Brunswick Junior High School. Laurie Catanese comes to the leadership post at the junior high school after spending 11 of her 14 years in education […]
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Commentary: Feeding all Maine kids at school is the right thing to do
L.D. 1679 addresses what is both a moral issue and a policy issue in a way that will save Maine millions.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine legislators out of touch with what teachers and students need
Despite a year of learning from the pandemic, Augusta has stifled education innovation in order to steamroll party orthodoxy.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: This past school year was not lost, it was lived. Beautifully.
Let’s not have this time defined by learning loss, but rather by the compassion and resilience that students, families and teachers have mustered.
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Our View: ‘Pooled’ testing in schools lowers COVID risk, anxiety
Augusta is the latest Maine district to join the program, which could help educators deal with the virus as they return to full in-person instruction.
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Sen. Pouliot: Feeding all Maine kids in our schools will make the most of our tax dollars
Passing L.D. 1679 will make sure that students can focus on learning, not on where their next meal might be coming from.