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Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Winslow to add the ‘beauty and joy’ of AP Computer Science course
The class, to debut in the fall, will teach students both programming skills and the “social implications of computers.”
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Bingham, Moscow to vote on closing Quimby Middle School
The vote is the latest effort to close the school, which officials have debated keeping open since 2009 in light of declining enrollment.
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Maine education department urges schools to ‘refrain’ from using Native American mascots
The notice by the Maine Department of Education comes a week before the school board for Skowhegan-based SAD 54 is set to deliberate further over their schools’ “Indians” nickname.
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Committee endorses bill to shift Maine teacher retirement costs back to state
The state used to pay 100%, but former Gov. Paul LePage shifted half of the costs to municipalities
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Two students accused of threatening attack at Bonny Eagle Middle School
Two 14-year-olds, a boy and girl, are arrested on terrorizing charges after threatening to bring weapons to school so they can attack students and staff.
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SAD 49 board mulls gifted and talented education proposal
The board of the Fairfield-based school district decided to seek more information on how the district would pay for and implement a gifted and talented program before authorizing the superintendent to apply for state funding.
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DeVos to pitch federal tax credit for ‘educational freedom’
The tax credits are meant to advance school choice without directly sending tax dollars to private schools.
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Middle school reopens in wake of Saco teacher’s untimely death
Classes had been canceled Tuesday after English teacher Robin Stinson died Monday in a driving accident.
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Committee unanimously approves bill forbidding ‘food shaming’ in Maine schools
The measure, which now goes to the full Legislature, prohibits schools from serving a second-tier meal or stigmatizing students who can’t pay for lunch.