A federal grant is providing a venue for hundreds of educators to take courses on innovation and pilot design with the chance to get funding for remote learning projects in their schools.
Schools & Education
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education, Sports, Varsity Maine
Separate COVID-19 cases at Lewiston and Edward Little high schools cause pause for some spring sports
All sports and activities at Edward Little are suspended until Monday; only some Lewiston teams have been affected.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
COVID-19 cases reported at Lewiston-Auburn schools
Lewiston High School Assistant Principal Jay Dufour speculated that the uptick in cases may be due to youth activities and events outside of the school system.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News, Schools & Education
Spruce Mountain directors consider initial changes to summer school policy
Administrators request lowering eligibility requirements because more students aren’t meeting standards.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Mexico tech school board passes $2.3 million budget
Mason King was hired as an IT specialist for Region 9 School of Applied Technology.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Mexico Middle School adding more days in classrooms
Seventh- and eighth-graders will begin four days of in-person classes starting April 26.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Student seeking refund for canceled study-abroad program takes case to appeals court
A Harvard College student who was sent home from Europe when the pandemic hit is arguing that she and other students should get refunds from the Portland-based Council on International Education Exchange.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Maine schools to fund summer programs, safe reopenings with federal relief money
School districts must spend at least 20% of their allocations to address learning loss, and some superintendents say they are also looking at summer programming and additional staffing.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Schools & Education
Number of COVID-19 cases at Bates College keeps rising
Bates College has 77 COVID-19 cases among students and two-thirds of its isolation housing is full.
Posted inNation / World, Schools & Education
Education Department reviewing campus sexual assault rules
Then-Education Secretary Betsy DeVos narrowed the definition of sexual harassment and limited colleges’ authority to investigate claims arising beyond campus.