With instruction time reduced as much as half, many of the nation’s middle school and high school teachers have given up on covering all the material normally included in their classes
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Bowdoin College prepares for spring semester reopening
The plan is a change from the fall semester, where primarily first-year students were on campus and most sophomores, juniors and seniors studied remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Waterville, Newport, Oakland, Skowhegan, Unity schools report COVID-19 cases
The five school districts enroll students from 31 towns in central Maine and reported a total of seven cases.
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Augusta, Monmouth and Gardiner-area schools report positive COVID-19 cases.
Maine State Administrative District 11 is experiencing staff shortages, as well, from the positive COVID-19 cases that the district has reported in the past week.
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Pittsfield-based school district reports case of COVID-19
The positive case connected with Warsaw Middle School was announced Thursday and others may have been exposed.
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Colby College announces Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Colby officials believe this is the first and only institute of its kind at a small U.S. liberal arts school.
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School districts in Fairfield, Waterville and Skowhegan report new cases of COVID-19
Three individuals from Maine School Administrative District 49, 54 and Waterville Public Schools have tested positive for COVID-19.
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Gardiner-, Monmouth-area schools report positive COVID-19 cases
Maine School Administrative District 11 Superintendent Pat Hopkins gave an update to the current coronavirus cases.
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School funding projections give Maine districts a mix of good and bad news
The state has adjusted its funding formula to help preserve staffing levels in light of temporary enrollment declines caused by COVID-19.
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Winslow schools utilize coronavirus relief funds for outdoor education
The district used $63,000 of coronavirus relief funding for an ice rink, fat tire bicycles, snow shoes and game equipment for physical education.