Teaching kids longhand isn’t required in Maine, and while some have argued that keyboards make it obsolete, a growing number of schools are aiming for balance.
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After scandal, Dartmouth College revises sexual misconduct policy
The college will start mandatory training on the federal law barring gender discrimination and put more resources into mental health.
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Rhodes scholar and ‘Dreamer’ fears he can’t return to USA
A Harvard student who became the first “Dreamer” to receive a Rhodes Scholarship says the joy of that achievement has given way to uncertainty.
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Education nominee Pender Makin: ‘Government should stay out of the classroom’
The state Senate and Education and Cultural Affairs Committee are due this month to confirm Mills’ nomination of Makin as Education Department commissioner.
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Kansas teenager to collect high school diploma, Harvard degree
His parents say they understood their son was special in third grade. He skipped fourth grade.
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South Portland middle school’s heat and odor problems fixed
Superintendent Ken Kunin says students will be welcomed back Wednesday to a building with “reliable” boilers and no heating oil odor.
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Mills nominates Brunswick school administrator to be Maine’s education chief
Pender Makin, a former Maine Principal of the Year, promises a shift in priorities and vows to support public school teachers, administrators and students.
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Walmart heirs promote charter schools among black community
Charter schools are often in urban areas with large back populations, intended as alternatives to struggling city schools.
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Ecology School prepares to build new home in Saco, and it’ll be among Maine’s greenest
Plans call for breaking ground in the spring on a dormitory and dining hall due to open in 2020.
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Spruce Mountain principal TJ Plourde no longer employed in district
Superintendent Todd LeRoy says Thomas Plourde was not fired, only moved as part of a process to reduce the administrative team.