The Task Force on Artificial Intelligence’s final report includes over 30 strategies to ensure Mainers are fluent in the technology and are vigilant in its misuse.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine schools, churches see growing interest in Turning Point USA after Charlie Kirk’s assassination
At least 20 Turning Point USA chapters have launched at churches, colleges and high schools across Maine since the conservative group’s founder was killed in September.
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Bowdoin students closely watching Mamdani in NYC mayor’s race
The 2014 alum of the Brunswick college is leading the polls going into next week’s election.
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Northern Franklin County prepares to feed those facing a potential loss of SNAP benefits
From a newly built food pantry at Mt. Abram High School in Salem Township to food drives, individuals and organizations are responding to help their neighbors.
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UMaine to demolish its oldest building for parking. Some students are pushing back.
The university wants to replace 192-year-old Crossland Hall on the Orono campus with a parking lot for its sports complex.
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Maine students reject voter ID, pass red flag referendum in mock election
Twenty-nine schools across the state reported results from more than 4,000 students in the mock election hosted by the Maine Department of the Secretary of State on Tuesday.
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Newcomer challenges incumbent for Randolph school board seat
Elissa Tracey and newcomer Dan Coutts are running for the seat that Tracey currently holds on the Gardiner-area school board.
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Maine students vote in first mock referendum election
At Morse High School in Bath, one of the 78 schools that participated in Tuesday’s mock election, students said they felt informed about the red flag referendum, less so about the voter ID proposal.
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Gardiner resident challenges incumbent for school board seat
Zachary Hanley and Meaghan Carlson are vying for the seat that Carlson now holds on the Gardiner-area school board.
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These Maine students are sinking to the bottom
Three charts show how steep some testing declines have been.