The university will be expanding racial equity training to include campus police and prioritizing scholarship funding for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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RSU 73 board hires two fourth grade teachers
Prekindergarten graduation plans were also announced.
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RSU 9 superintendent presents $38.23M budget
Money for a part-time superintendent, a behavior program teacher and more hours for ed techs are included.
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Maine high schools get creative to salvage graduations
Unable to host traditional ceremonies because of the pandemic, schools opt for drive-in ceremonies, video productions and small gatherings to honor the Class of 2020.
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Fifty years later, Colby College’s Class of 1970 recounts disruption to semester’s end
As the coronavirus pandemic has forced changes to Colby’s final weeks of classes and traditional commencement ceremonies, members of the class of 1970 recall how protests and tension that year also disrupted the end of the semester even as their own 50th reunion is now canceled.
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Fifty years later, Colby College’s Class of 1970 recounts disruption to semester’s end
As the coronavirus pandemic has forced changes to Colby’s final weeks of classes and traditional commencement ceremonies, members of the class of 1970 recall how protests and tension that year also disrupted the end of the semester even as their own 50th reunion is now canceled.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
For high school seniors in Maine, it’s the year without a prom
Here are portraits are of 11 students dealing with a new reality brought on by the coronavirus.
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For working parents, uncertainty about a return to school poses a challenge
As school districts make plans for the fall, some parents worry they will be forced to balance a safe return to school with the added stress of work and school schedules not lining up.
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Maine schools cautiously plan for what a return to classes will look like in the fall
Masks? Plexiglas? Six feet of space? Districts are bracing for what a different start to the school year could look like.
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For tech and trade students, online classes can’t replicate hands-on training
Many come from low-income households and such careers are a path out of poverty.