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Schools and Education

Published
February 9, 2016

LePage withdraws his nominee for education commissioner

The governor says the Legislature's Education Committee planned to oppose Bill Beardsley over 'partisan political games.'
Published
February 8, 2016

Bridge Program could help Augusta students earn college credits

The Board of Education is also scheduled to adopt a policy on medical marijuana in schools based on recommendations from the Maine School Management Association.
Published
February 8, 2016

Waterville student wins Doodle 4 Google contest with art collection

At a Albert S. Hall School assembly Monday, Karin Zimba spoke about her winning art project "Serendipity."
Published
February 8, 2016

Bates College announces largest-ever single gift – $19 million

The joint contribution from seven different families will support a new academic program, digital and computational studies.
Published
February 5, 2016

Albert Hall fifth-grader continues school, family Doodle 4 Google streak

Karin Zimba is the Maine winner of the Internet search engine's annual doodle contest; her sister, at the same school, won in 2014.

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Published
February 4, 2016

Maine property owners on the hook for $20 million gap in school funding

Projections show 131 districts could lose money next year, with Portland hit the hardest, leading to calls for the state to increase its education spending.
Published
February 4, 2016

Winslow contemplates closing outdated junior high school

A committee is floating a proposal to move students out of the building with seventh and eighth grades going to the high school and sixth grade going to the elementary school within the next two years.
Published
February 3, 2016

‘Non-Traditional’ students are now the norm at colleges, universities

Non-traditional students are now the majority of students in college classrooms and it is important for everyone involved in education to sort through the implications of this trend, Greg Fahy writes.
Published
February 2, 2016

Travis Mills keynote speaker at Thomas College Diversity Conference

The daylong event at the Waterville college, 'Disability: Understanding and Overcoming Obstacles,' also included discussions of ADA law, brain injuries and learning styles.
Published
February 1, 2016

Capt. Richard Phillips to deliver commencement speech

His daughter was enrolled as an art major at Castleton University in Vermont when he was kidnapped by Somali pirates.