Speakers warned about how failure to communicate about important matters can incite war and other violence, and how discussing such things, while painful, can yield positive results.
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Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Saint Joseph’s College food institute launched with $4 million in funding
The institute is dedicated to developing Maine’s food and beverage industry and creating new educational and entrepreneurial opportunities for students.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Schools and Education
Group forms to challenge DeVos’ rule rollbacks
The education secretary’s actions appear favor for-profit colleges ahead of students, the former Obama officials say.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
RSU 18 Cost Sharing Committee votes to keep current formula
The panel, in an 8-7 vote Thursday night, rejected a proposal to change the formula for the five-town school district.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Augusta’s Calumet foundation: 50 years, 1,500 students helped, more than $1 million given out
The awards to help students go on to higher education come primarily from investment returns on a fund built from donations that has reached $2.5 million.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Schools and Education
Juvenile charged with terrorizing at Thorndike school complex
A threatening note found in a student bathroom led to the lockdown of the Mount View school complex earlier this month.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
State wants to shift special education for 3- to 5-year-olds to school districts
The current system has overruns and a shortage of providers, but it’s unclear whether school districts will have the resources to do the job.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools and Education
Experts talk cybersecurity, Equifax hack at Thomas College seminar
The seminar stressed the importance of collaboration in preventing and fighting cyberthreats, though remarks from the FBI and Homeland Security were barred from dissemination.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
UMA professors ask: ‘What if Charlottesville came to Augusta?’
About 20 professors and students talked Wednesday about what types of speech are protected, what constitutes a threat and what defines a reasonable person.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Proposal for joint committee stalls before Winslow school board
The towns plans to look into a development project for Winslow Junior High School.