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Maine schools cautiously plan for what a return to classes will look like in the fall
Masks? Plexiglas? Six feet of space? Districts are bracing for what a different start to the school year could look like.
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For tech and trade students, online classes can’t replicate hands-on training
Many come from low-income households and such careers are a path out of poverty.
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Colby College to hold virtual celebration of Class of 2020
Colby College in Waterville will host all virtual events, including a lecture Friday, awards ceremony Saturday and a celebration for seniors Sunday.
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Colby College senior awarded prestigious Condon Medal for citizenship, contribution
The Condon Medal, established in 1920 through a gift by Randall Judson Condon, Class of 1886, honors the graduating senior who exhibited the finest qualities of citizenship and made the most significant contribution to the development of college life at Colby.
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Maine rejects federal guidance that would give private schools more relief funds
The guidance from Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has been criticized for giving private schools more money than Congress intended in the CARES Act.
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Unity College launches hybrid education program for the fall
‘We are designing each course for both online and face-to-face, and we’ll offer both options,’ Dr. Melik Peter Khoury, president of Unity College said about the college’s new hybrid learning program.
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Bowdoin College could lose $20 million next year
The shortfall, estimated based on enrollment projections, tuition and financial aid, would be the largest in the college’s history.
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Bowdoin College to host virtual graduation next weekend, in-person ceremony next year
Though it will be nothing like the real thing, Bowdoin President Clayton Rose said the virtual ceremony on May 23 will mark the “well-earned milestone” of the 473 class of 2020 graduates until they can gather again.
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Cony’s Chizzle Wizzle variety show will go on — virtually
This year’s version of the nation’s longest-running student variety show will be patched together with video of two performances — one that’s already been recorded, the other to be filmed June 6 at Cony High School.