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PublishedMarch 13, 2017
How Maine’s education funding system works
The way the state funds K-12 education is complex. It starts with the amount of money earmarked for schools. This year, Gov. Paul LePage is proposing $1 billion – about $20 million, or 2 percent, less than the state spent on public schools this budget cycle. That dollar figure is plugged into an “essential programs […]
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PublishedMarch 12, 2017
Gardiner high school senior preparing for state poetry finals
Gabrielle Cooper would win cash and an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C., for the national championship if she wins the Poetry Out Loud Maine State Finals Monday in Waterville.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2017
Scarborough High team is heading for the U.S. Academic Decathlon
After winning the state meet, the students are raising money to attend the national competition in Wisconsin.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2017
Tennessee’s Republican governor is leading the free college movement
Bill Haslam wants his state to be the first to offer free community college to nearly all adults who do not have a post-secondary degree or certificate.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2017
Pivotal Portland councilor says she supports a smaller school renovation bond
Jill Duson is working on a plan to fund improvements at two schools in hopes the state will help pay for the work at two others.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2017
Transgender families press DeVos on rights
The meeting comes two weeks after the Trump administration rescinded Obama-era guidance that instructed schools to let students use bathrooms in line with their stated gender identity.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2017
At Unity College farm, lamb triplets a first for barn livestock
Heritage Livestock Barn manager Meg Anderson said finding lamb triplets was 'a real surprise,' and they were named after national parks and monuments: Mammoth, Mojave and McKinley.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2017
‘Bathroom bills’ reveal right of existing in public space
Everyone deserves the right to go to school, work, and exist in public spaces, Kimberly Carter writes.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2017
UMaine System pushes ahead with free speech policy
The full board of trustees will vote on the proposal at a meeting in April.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2017
Play ball! say Maine supporters of 30-minute school recess bill
The proposal would require that elementary schoolchildren get the exercise they need.
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