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Schools and Education

Published
April 30, 2021

Maine school leaders urge state to move quickly on COVID-19 guidelines for fall

As parents in some districts clamor for more in-person learning, the state's superintendents are pressing state agencies to issue COVID-19 guidelines for the fall term as soon as possible.
Published
April 30, 2021

City Council committee seeks $1.48 million cut in Portland school budget

One member of the finance committee who voted in favor of the reduction apologized for her vote Friday as school board members expressed disappointment with the decision.
Published
April 30, 2021

‘Insane and dangerous’: Inside the Miami school that told teachers not to get vaccinated

Former teachers and current parents told reporters that the vaccine scandal fit into a pattern of behavior by the husband and wife school founders that they described as straight out of a 'cult.'
Published
April 29, 2021

North Yarmouth parent sues SAD 51 seeking access to remote-learning records

Kristi Wright has argued the school district is moving too slowly in response to her request for public records before a June 8 election for school board members.
Published
April 29, 2021

Maine College of Art to hold in-person graduation May 16

The ceremony will take place at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland.

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Published
April 28, 2021

Families rally in Scarborough for return to full in-person learning

The Mills administration is continuing its current approach to school reopenings and will re-examine requirements if the U.S. CDC makes further adjustments, a spokeswoman says.
Published
April 28, 2021

From poetry to the pitch, Thomas College’s Caleb Gorey has made the most of school

The Thomas College student recently released his third book, "The Dark Party," and expects to graduate early.
Published
April 28, 2021

Bates College fires a top campus safety officer for violating use-of-force policies

Lead Campus Safety Officer Dennis Skinner, who was fired for an incident in which he tackled a student, said he didn't try to restrain that student until he pushed him.
Published
April 28, 2021

Details of Biden speech emerge, including $200 billion plan for free preschool

The proposal is part of his American Families Plan, which he is to unveil Wednesday night in an address to Congress.
Published
April 27, 2021

COVID-19 cases in Maine schools rise to highest levels of the pandemic

School officials say the increase is a reflection of community spread, not transmission in schools, and several are continuing with plans to increase in-person learning.