Pingree says Maine’s Office of Innovation and the Future will look for solutions in early-childhood education, the opioid crisis, broadband expansion and other areas.
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Statewide pre-kindergarten programs in public schools gaining momentum
But the cost is high and the space to house all those 4-year-olds is limited, issues likely to be discussed as legislators consider more than 200 education-related bills.
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Portland school board approves $12 million renovation of Lyseth Elementary
The project, which would include a new gym and library as well as utility and security upgrades, is set to begin this spring.
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South Portland to change controversial proficiency-based grading at high school
The change will take effect in the 2019-2020 school year, a decision that followed increasing complaints about the accuracy, fairness and complexity of the system adopted four years ago.
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In a digital world, cursive whooshes back into the classroom
Teaching kids longhand isn’t required in Maine, and while some have argued that keyboards make it obsolete, a growing number of schools are aiming for balance.
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Mills nominates Brunswick school administrator to be Maine’s education chief
Pender Makin, a former Maine Principal of the Year, promises a shift in priorities and vows to support public school teachers, administrators and students.
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As feds ease school lunch nutritional standards, Maine schools stay the course
Food service directors say students have become accustomed to whole grains and other nutritionally beneficial foods and often prefer them to less healthy alternatives.
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Minor injuries reported after school bus and pickup truck collide in Winslow Thursday
Minor injuries were reported after a bus carrying students from Palermo Consolidated School to a basketball game at Temple Academy in Waterville collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of routes 32 and 137.
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Vape pens an escalating problem in schools
Regional School Unit 73 board of directors were told vape pens and e-cigarettes have become a huge problem in the district. The Healthy Community Coalition of Franklin County will hold a meeting Tuesday, Jan. 8, at 6 p.m. in the Spruce Mountain Middle School cafeteria for parents and community members to learn more about the health […]
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University system Chancellor James Page to retire at end of school year
Page, 66, has overseen financial stabilization and a refining of educational goals and priorities in the seven-campus system during his seven years in the job.