The tests, to be given in 29 states, are controversial even as Congress debates a new education law.
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Augusta council to consider using principal of fund for scholarships
With interest rates low the Edwards Dam fund isn’t generating enough money to help out Cony graduates.
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Candidate for USM presidency touts administrative experience
Harvey Kesselman, provost and executive vice president at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, visits the University of Southern Maine in his bid for its presidency.
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Virtual school student wins Cumberland County Spelling Bee
Caroline Beckwith, a student of South Portland-based Maine Connections Academy, wins by spelling ‘phobic’ in the seventh round.
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Commission calls for Maine to boost college aid
The overall cost of all the recommendations in the report would exceed $30 million annually in new funding.
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Students help with Skowhegan radio station construction
Some Maine Academy of Natural Sciences students are helping to build a low-power FM community radio station in Skowhegan’s Grist Mill.
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Unity College students find range of ‘green’ career choices
The environmentally oriented job fair brings recruiters and students together to talk about potential careers that benefit the environment.
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Glenn Cummings emphasizes Maine roots as he vies to lead USM
The interim president of UMaine Augusta and a professor at the University of Southern Maine, he is one of three candidates for the job.
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$200,000 grant to fund program at Augusta’s Cony High School
Jobs for Maine’s Graduates officials and Gov. Paul LePage announced Tuesday that the school would be awarded a grant by the AT&T Foundation.
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Bangor NAACP urges Skowhegan schools to drop Indian mascot, nickname
Tribal leaders say they’re ready to meet with Skowhegan school officials to explain why they should change the school’s mascot.