The $100 million school replaces an overcrowded building that was nearly 50 years old.
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Oakland-based RSU 18 tests iPad-based adaptive reading assessment for first grade students
Adaptive testing has been in place for older students in the district for years, but this marks new and promising territory for younger learners.
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Central Maine college crime reports show drinking, sex offenses remain problems
Colby College, Thomas College, Unity College and the University of Maine at Farmington reported few crimes overall in 2017, according to new statistics.
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New SAD 49 superintendent looks to “move away from the culture of mandates”
Reza Namin is hopes to collaborate with a program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education that focuses on student understanding.
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Site work for new Bath high school underway
Construction the $74 million school for students from Bath, Arrowsic, Woolwich and Phippsburg is slated to begin in March and finish by the fall of 2020.
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Teachers’ group sues student loan servicer Navient
The American Federation of Teachers says Navient failed to guide borrowers through a loan forgiveness program.
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Yarmouth voters will decide $60 million bond questions in November
About $52 million would go to school projects and $8.5 million would pay for a new public safety center.
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USM president says retired professor went ‘rogue’ in offering trip to lobby Collins as college course
Glenn Cummings says the ‘pop-up’ course was pulled as soon as he found out about it – hours before a group of demonstrators was to leave for Washington on a chartered bus.
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Three Maine schools named ‘Blue Ribbon’ schools for academic progress
Frenchville, Yarmouth and Falmouth schools are honored by the U.S. Department of Education.
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Madison, Carrabec and Bingham students put what they learn to work
A $300,000 state grant is funding an alternative hands-on education program for middle school students from the three school districts.