The more information the school system has about family income and other details determines the amount of resources schools receive to benefit students and families, according to officials.
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Reading, math scores fell sharply during pandemic, data show
A new national study finds math and reading scores for America’s 9-year-old students fell sharply during the pandemic, underscoring the impact of 2 years of learning disruptions.
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High-stakes year begins for kids still learning to read
Mounting evidence from around the country shows that students who spent more time learning remotely during the 2020-2021 school year, many of them Black and Latino, lost about half of an academic year of learning.
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Religious schools shun state funding despite Maine victory
Maine’s attorney general warned that the schools would have to abide by state antidiscrimination laws, including those that protect LGBTQ students and faculty, and that requirement has frustrated the families who sued.
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Affordable housing crisis creates another barrier for Maine college students
Limited student housing and high rents are leaving students scrambling to find a place to live before school starts.
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Photos: Collecting for classrooms
Volunteers collect and organize school supplies at Vassalboro Fire Station on Saturday to be distributed to local classrooms. Photos by Morning Sentinel photographer Michael G. Seamans.
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Widespread school resignations leave some local districts scrambling as students prepare to return
The need for ed techs is especially great at some local schools, as the jobs have undertaken more responsibilities without corresponding increases in pay.
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Nebraska school officials close newspaper after students publish LGBTQ articles
An email from a school employee cancelling the student paper’s printing services said it was “because the school board and superintendent are unhappy with the last issue’s editorial content.”
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Thousands of Mainers stand to benefit from student debt relief
The president’s decision to provide $10,000 in federal student debt reduction will benefit about 177,000 borrowers who live in Maine, the Maine Center for Economic Policy estimates.
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Want to borrow ‘Gender Queer’ from your local library? You may have to get in line.
As of Wednesday, nearly all of the copies of the graphic novel were either checked out or in the process of being checked out from libraries across Maine.