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Schools and Education

Published
June 13, 2017

Maine schools chart their own courses to proficiency-based learning

Yarmouth High School is making a gradual shift toward the mastering-skills system rather than a comprehensive overhaul, an approach that may be adopted by educators across the state.
Published
June 12, 2017

UMaine System says more than $25 million in funding at risk in Trump budget plan

The losses could include at least $8.3 million in indirect costs for federal grants, as well as a half-dozen programs that could be cut or eliminated.
Published
June 12, 2017

Record-breaking heat sends younger schoolchildren home early in Augusta

The temperature reached 91 on Monday, with 'very warm and increasingly humid air' in the region, according to the National Weather Service.
Published
June 12, 2017

Skepticism, other hurdles complicate switch to proficiency-based learning

Some schools are struggling to make the transition, threatening the ultimate goal of having a diploma from anywhere in Maine that marks a student's mastery of the same standards.
Published
June 11, 2017

Shakespeare scholar will hold UMaine position named for Stephen King

Caroline Bicks, who teaches English at Boston College, is a New York City native who grew up spending her summers in Castine.

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Published
June 11, 2017

Unusual group of Girl Scouts graduates in Cape Elizabeth

The nine remaining members of Troop 2222 say they formed a sisterly bond they hope to maintain for the rest of their lives.
Published
June 11, 2017

Maine schools blaze a trail in new approach to education

Proficiency-based learning holds promise, some say, but there's also pushback about the nagging questions over its implementation.
Published
June 9, 2017

Phillips Exeter Academy seniors expelled for election tampering

Days before graduation, the students were found to have interfered with the votes for student council president.
Published
June 9, 2017

High school graduation 2017 in photos
Published
June 9, 2017

Rebecca Wyke named new president at UMaine Augusta

Wyke, a former interim president at the university, takes over July 1 for James Conneely, who resigned unexpectedly in April.