education
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PublishedJuly 6, 2018
Maine Girls’ Academy alumnae trying to keep their alma mater from closing
Supporters of the school, formerly Catherine McAuley High School, are raising funds and will meet with the school board Monday to find out what prompted the surprise decision to close the state's only private all-girls school.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2018
Low enrollment leads Maine Girls’ Academy to ‘difficult and sad decision’ to close
The closure of Maine's only all-girls private school stuns students, parents and alumnae.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2018
Judge dismisses lawsuit, rules students have no right to literacy
The plaintiffs, who filed the lawsuit in 2016 arguing schools were in 'slum-like conditions,' say they plan to appeal the ruling.
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PublishedJune 27, 2018
Legislators vote to ease Maine’s proficiency-based education mandate, allow more ‘local control’
Rather than repeal the 6-year-old reform law altogether, the bill would let school districts choose between continuing proficiency-based standards or reverting to a traditional grading system.
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PublishedJune 26, 2018
Report: No adults saw Lewiston student struggle in the water before drowning
In the aftermath of the drowning of Rayan Issa, 13, Superintendent Bill Webster has ordered that no swimming be allowed on school field trips until the school board can develop a policy governing it.
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PublishedJune 26, 2018
Sculpture installed at Falmouth High School designed to invite, engage and educate
'Tesselation 3D' by Jesse Salisbury of Steuben was selected from among proposals by 12 sculptors who submitted proposals for the project to 'produce a piece of public art that will serve as a lasting focus of K-12 learning.'
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PublishedJune 24, 2018
Maine Observer: That bittersweet last day of school!
There is excitement about the summer break ahead, but there are also a few tears and more than a few apprehensive hugs.
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PublishedJune 22, 2018
Maine to get nearly $600,000 under ocean research program that escaped Trump budget cuts
U.S. Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins make the announcement Thursday about the Maine Sea Grant College Program.
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PublishedJune 21, 2018
Leadership changes afoot for Maine Community College System
The president of Southern Maine Community College will work on other initiatives in the system, while the president of Washington County Community College takes his place for three years.
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PublishedJune 20, 2018
With the rise of legal weed, drug education moves from ‘don’t’ to ‘delay’
New programs focus on decision making and emphasize the facts, unlike the 'Just Say No' days of the '80s.
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