A student told investigators that she fell asleep after lighting a candle in her room early Tuesday morning.
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Dianna Gram retires after 24 years at Vassalboro Community School
The principal is leaving a school that feels like family to her at the same time it is parting ways with AOS 92, which voters in its communities decided to dissolve.
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Teachers get hands-on training on how to use 3-D printers in the classroom
Teachers from North Anson-based RSU 74, the Bingham-Moscow and Madison school districts, and Farmington-based RSU 9 attended the STEAM Academy this week to learn how to teach the new curriculum.
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New Edward Little High School to be built on existing site
After evaluating 47 potential locations, school officials say that the school’s current location best meets the city’s selection criteria.
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Bowdoin graduates are behind $20 million Facebook fundraiser for immigrants
Charlotte and Dave Willner started the viral effort after seeing a photo of a crying child who reminded them of their own daughter.
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Challenges facing rural schools addressed at Waterville conference
A Bates College professor at a Thomas College gathering analyzed ways to meet growing diversity in schools and keep schools thriving.
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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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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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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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Scarborough names interim high school principal after months of turmoil
Susan Ketch, an assistant principal at the high school, will replace David Creech in the post for the 2018-19 school year.