The Education Committee weighs testimony on bills that would drop the five-year-old math and English standards and delay statewide testing for a year.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News, Schools and Education
Augusta opiates forum seeks actions to fight epidemic
Skowhegan activist whose son died from overdose urges participants to ‘Keep track of your kids.’
advertisement
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Unity College performing arts center completes green energy project
The project converted inefficient heat and lighting systems and improved insulation in the converted 19th-century farmhouse on Unity campus.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Public hearings to spotlight Maine’s Common Core math and English standards, testing
The public can comment Monday on proposed bills aimed at creating new standards and delaying assessment.
Posted inCollege Connection
African immigrants to Maine are young, educated and integrating
While there may be a sentiment that Somali immigrants are an economic and cultural burden on Lewiston, data and surveys prove otherwise. Immigrants have faced such unfounded fears before, James Cook writes.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Auburn to allow medical marijuana in schools
Doses must be in non-smoking form and administered by a parent or guardian
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Good Will-Hinckley has three finalists for president
The search follows a political firestorm that started when the school’s board, under pressure from Gov. Paul LePage, withdrew its offer to hire House Speaker Mark Eves as president.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Sara Sylvester re-elected chairwoman of Waterville Board of Education
Joan Phillips-Sandy was re-elected executive secretary of the board.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Maine’s new virtual charter school sees 25% enrollment drop since opening
The Maine Charter School Commission may explore ways to better inform students about what to expect, perhaps with a ‘tryout’ week.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News, Schools and Education
TVs, cash stolen from Carrie Ricker School in Litchfield
Police are searching for those responsible for breaking into the school a half dozen times in recent weeks.