In SAD 44 towns, 49 students out of 630 are registered for homeschooling. Here’s how five of the homeschoolers define learning.
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Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Turner-based school board to finalize proposed $39.4 million budget April 9
The draft budget represents a nearly 6% increase from the current year, but changes are anticipated April 9 before it goes to voters in May.
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Posted inFact Brief, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Does Maine spend roughly $20,000 per K-12 student? | Fact brief
Maine had the lowest per-student spending in New England as of the 2021-22 school year.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Lewiston leaders grapple with school budget: ‘The money simply doesn’t exist’
Councilors and school committee members met Monday to work through an education budget that raises spending even as it cuts 30 positions.
Posted inMaine, News
Lewiston superintendent details 30 positions lost in next year’s school budget
The superintendent presented his first draft of the proposed budget Wednesday. The school committee has the ability to add positions back.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
Board strips former Sen. George J. Mitchell’s name from Waterville school
Board members decided George J. Mitchell School, named for the former U.S. senator with ties to Jeffrey Epstein, will revert to its original name, Brookside Elementary School.
Posted inMaine, News
A Maine student is upending how the world thinks about the T. rex
The College of the Atlantic student used biomechanical modeling to show the predatory dinosaur walked on its tiptoes like an 8-ton bird.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools & Education
Bill to force schools to share employee conduct records gets support, questions
The bill from Lewiston Sen. Margaret Rotundo mandates greater disclosure of school employee conduct when applying for new jobs.
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Welding program a career boon for Region 9 students
Senior student demonstrates how to do stick welding.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
It’s been 25 years since Maine passed a Wabanaki studies law. It’s only partly working.
Three generations of Penobscot advocates are fighting to ensure students in Maine are taught about Indigenous tribes.