House Republicans are considering cutting the number of schools that qualify for free breakfast and lunch. The move could have a huge impact in Maine, which has the highest rate of childhood hunger in New England.
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Undefeated Skowhegan speech team wins state championship
Skowhegan Area High School’s team also won the Maine Principals’ Association Sportsmanship Award.
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Ice carousel turns Maranacook Lake into classroom
Maranacook Community Middle School students spent Wednesday learning all sorts of ‘cool’ lessons.
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Lawmakers question Maine educational officials on poor math and reading scores
Department of Education staff said the national scores released last week don’t accurately assess Maine’s innovative teaching methods or locally controlled curricula.
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Maine’s problems with Lion Electric buses began immediately
Records show maintenance and mechanical issues arose more than two years ago, and continue to this day.
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Maine technician explains why he quit his job at Lion Electric Co. after 4 months
“It was more like a science project than a validated, road-legal vehicle,” Will Doucette said of Lion Electric’s school buses.
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Bill would add to hotel sales tax to fund school construction
The legislation comes as a group plans to release a report examining possible changes to Maine’s school funding formula.
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Maine 4th graders’ math and reading skills are among the lowest in the US
Reading and math proficiency scores for Maine’s 4th graders have fallen roughly 10 percentage points since 2019, ranking among the biggest drops nationwide.
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More than 33,000 Mainers affected by school cyber breach
PowerSchool revealed the extent of its software breach in Maine in a filing with the state attorney general’s office on Monday.
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Skowhegan-area school board committee appointments questioned
After a former board member questioned why his replacement was not given his seat on a committee, district officials determined they were violating bylaws defining town representation on committees.