A recent controversy over a problematic Pepsi commercial shows that we need to engage in meaningful, sometimes necessarily uncomfortable, conversations on racial power, privilege, and appropriation, Elizabeth Powers writes.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine School of Science and Mathematics ranked nation’s 19th-best high school
U.S. News & World Report also ranks the Limestone school 10th-best for STEM education.
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Portland prepares for proficiency-based graduation requirements
Beginning next year, high school freshman will be required to demonstrate in-depth understanding in English, math, science and technology, and social studies.
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Winslow School Board makes $200,000 in cuts to budget proposal
Supintendent Eric Haley says a delay in state funding information and increased costs made cuts necessary, and asked the town to delay approving its budget.
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Waterville council to review proposed $21.8 million school budget for 2017-18
School Superintendent Eric Haley’s budget includes $535,000 in recommended cuts to initial proposal.
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Maine students restrained thousands of times in 4 years, report finds
The report by Disability Rights Maine says more than half of those restrained have severe disabilities.
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Third annual Dirty Dog Mud Run kicks off with record number of runners
The number of participants has more than doubled since the 5K race began.
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National Teacher of the Year believed to be first from a charter school
Sydney Chaffee, who teaches at the Codman Academy Charter Public School in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, says she sees education as ‘a tool for social justice.’
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Berkeley reverses decision to cancel Ann Coulter speech
Before the reversal was announced, Coulter had vowed to go ahead with an appearance anyway.
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Maine students at for-profit colleges carry heavier debt load, report finds
The state has 11 of the schools, and a hearing is scheduled for Monday on a bill requiring annual reviews of them by the State Board of Education.