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Schools and Education

Published
March 18, 2020

Students enter ‘uncharted territory’ of learning at home

With the coronavirus forcing most schools in Maine to close, educators have been scrambling to come up with plans for home-based classwork.
Published
March 16, 2020

With classrooms closed, Maine schools work to get meals to students in need

Several districts have started programs for students to pick up meals they would normally get at school.
Published
March 14, 2020

Americans brace for new life of no school and growing dread

Tens of millions of students nationwide have been sent home from school amid a wave of closings, leaving parents scrambling.
Published
March 14, 2020

Portland schools cancel SATs with little notice

School officials postponed Saturday morning's tests in response to the coronavirus, and it was an 'oversight' parents and kids weren't informed through the test administrator's website, the Portland High School principal says.
Published
March 14, 2020

Mass closures of Maine schools in response to coronavirus

Schools across southern Maine, including Portland, and in Bangor will close starting this week as officials try to slow the spread of the virus and respiratory disease it causes.

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Published
March 13, 2020

As other states shut schools, Maine educators prepare for prospect of remote learning

While several districts announce 1-day closures, the Wells-Ogunquit and Mount Desert Island districts are closing for 1 week and 2 weeks, respectively, to prepare for the possibility of a longer-term shutdown.
Published
March 13, 2020

Colleges are going completely online amid coronavirus spread. How will that even work?

Universities are working to scale up their online offerings using technological platforms that have never been tested at such a high volume.
Published
March 12, 2020

Baxter Academy will close, transition to remote learning amid coronavirus spread

As K-12 schools around Maine announced plans to cancel or postpone large events and activities, the charter school said Thursday it will transition to distance learning by Monday.
Published
March 12, 2020

Portland suspends elementary school reconfiguration effort amid virus concerns

It's no longer part of the 2020-2021 proposed school budget, but Superintendent Xavier Botana says he will advocate for it the following year.
Published
March 12, 2020

Colby College announces on-campus classes will end this week; students to leave campus for remote learning

The Waterville college will continue regularly scheduled classes through the end of this week, and all students who can reasonably move out by Sunday, when spring break starts, are being asked to do so.