The money from the Harold Alfond Foundation will help transform the University of Southern Maine by providing most of the funding for a new graduate center and law school and access to a multi-university engineering program.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Film Center and Mid-Maine Tech partner for student film program
The Maine Student Film Crew is a free membership program that will provide local students with access to monthly virtual workshops with filmmakers and film experts.
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Portland high school families push for more in-person learning
Superintendent Xavier Botana said physical distancing and staffing challenges are preventing the district from offering more in-person options for 10th- through 12th-graders.
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Hallowell-area elementary school adapts to ‘new normal’
After a month, Hall-Dale Elementary School teachers and administrators say hybrid model has gone more smoothly than expected.
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Winslow High School adapts theater program to coronavirus restrictions
Also in central Maine, the Maine Arts Academy in Sidney is planning a drive-thru musical performance, while Messalonskee High School students have created a drama club and are meeting outdoors in Oakland.
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Search statewide academic performance data
We used linear regression to examine the relationship between demographic factors and student performance at varying school levels.
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School survey responses
In July, the Sun Journal sent a survey to superintendents in all public schools in Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties, and to superintendents in Portland, Waterville, Augusta, Winthrop and Bangor. The survey asked six questions.
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Education under siege: Maine’s poorest schools facing ‘uncharted waters’ in the age of COVID
A Sun Journal data analysis shows which schools performed well and which performed poorly before the pandemic, statistics that could soon get worse for Maine’s more disadvantaged students.
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Three scenarios, three schools
How will you handle it if you need to go hybrid or fully remote but a child’s parents aren’t capable of educating them at home or aren’t capable of dealing with remote learning in any way?
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Days after middle school case reported, Readfield-area high school has positive COVID-19 case
Superintendent Jay Charette made the announcement Friday in a letter on the Regional School Unit 38 website of the district’s second positive case, at Maranacook Community High School, four days after the report of one at the middle school.