Discovery Groups held in the KVCC Family Lab and Nature Exploration Center on the Alfond Campus aim to put parents and children together in the classroom.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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U.N. official hears ‘uplifting’ accounts from refugees during event at USM
Young refugees in high school and college tell Kelly Clements, a Maine native, that they have found a ‘welcoming, engaging and supportive’ community here.
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Lawmaker’s lecture on ‘immigration crisis’ goes on at USM as 200 protest
Rep. Lawrence Lockman, R-Amherst, speaks to a deeply divided audience to back a state immigration bill he is sponsoring.
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Casco Bay High School teacher inspired by Ellen DeGeneres appears on her show
Former Sudanese refugee Ekhlas Ahmed is surprised to go on stage with the TV star and receive a $22,000 check to pay off her student loan debt.
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Winthrop council expresses ‘no confidence’ in schools chief Rosenthal
But school board members continue to back the embattled superintendent, saying he has improved test scores and saved money.
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Somerset County early childhood project to receive $300,000
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation awarded the grant to the Maine Early Learning group as an investment to support low-income families in rural education.
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Parent suing Maranacook district picked for school board
Adam Woodford and his wife allege that a teacher put a bag over their daughter’s head to humiliate her.
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No Waterville community educational forum on Wednesday
The forum on Waterville school expenses will be rescheduled after February vacation week, which is next week.
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Central Maine superintendents weigh options for making up for snow days
As Augusta and Waterville area communities still were digging out Tuesday, school officials monitored reports about another storm expected from Wednesday into Thursday.
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Maine students’ joy over snow days could turn to gloom in June
Most school districts already have had four or five cancellations, and more storms could push classroom time deeper into summer.