Schools and Education
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PublishedOctober 11, 2023
Veteran Portland educator named Maine Teacher of the Year
Joshua Chard teaches second and third grade at the East End Community School in Portland.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2023
Maine school districts hit by shortage of school bus drivers
In Westbrook alone, the district is down nearly one-third from full staffing, and three drivers say the situation is unsustainable and unsafe.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2023
ACT test scores for U.S. students drop to new 30-year low
The average scores in reading, science and math all were below benchmarks the ACT says students must reach to have a high probability of success in first-year college courses.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2023
South Portland superintendent tries to ease school safety fears
While Superintendent Tim Matheney lays out the steps that led to a Sept. 29 lockdown at the high school, the school board urges him to work on improving communications between administrators, police, staff and parents.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2023
UMaine developing interactive tool to track PFAS nationwide
A university team is creating a tracker that strives to connect state and federal testing data back to the likely source of contamination, note the potential impacts on food and water supplies and map out how PFAS travels through the environment.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2023
How school boards statewide were pushed to allow the public to speak
A recent state law requires that public comments on education matters be allowed at school board meetings, even as a new effort is underway to restrict such commenting.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2023
Free speech or uncivil discourse? Maine association advises tamping down on public comments at school board meetings
The Maine School Management Association has suggested schools adopt policies that prohibit offensive speech and complaints against specific staff or students at board meetings, but First Amendment advocates say it's a step too far.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2023
South Portland High staff are frustrated with information flow after student is accused of making violent threats
After a student was arrested in April and accused of threatening the school, a lockdown last month reignited some teachers' frustration with how little they know about his arrest.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2023
Bike-to-school movement is rolling again in Portland and elsewhere
Students in communities around Maine and the nation are commuting to school by bike again, some in large caravans with parents coming along for the ride.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2023
Shooting erupted during dispute at a Baltimore university, but victims were unintended targets
The shooting happened at Morgan State University as students were headed to a homecoming week campus ball.
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