William Beardsley, who cited family reasons, has led the department as a deputy since his nomination for the commissioner post met resistance.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Colby to launch internships in sustainability and climate change
The Buck Environment and Climate Change Lab, funded by Sandy and Sissy Buck of Cumberland Foreside, will help place students in research settings in Maine and elsewhere.
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President-elect Trump insults Maine residents, but is he right?
Examining crime data in Maine and beyond shows that evidence fails to support Donald Trump’s denigration of refugees in Maine, James Cook writes.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Ruling cuts federal ties with accreditor of for-profit colleges
It will bar hundreds of schools from providing federal financial aid, likely forcing some to close.
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Kennebunk students build tiny vessel, prepare to let it go – across the ocean
They’re hoping the self-steering boat, powered solely by wind and currents and equipped with sensors and a camera, will find its way to Ireland.
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Teacher, students learn about local WWII hero during project
History teacher Shane Gower visited the gravesite of Harvey Madore in France during a trip in July as part of the Understanding Sacrifice program.
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Do you know if your public school has tested its water for lead?
Not all Maine districts are required to check lead levels and there’s no database indicating which have done so, what they found or what corrective actions were taken.
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No fix in sight for Litchfield’s school funding woes
Some residents feel they’re getting a bad deal in Regional School Unit 4, a district that also includes Sabattus and Wales.
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Elliott Schwartz, Maine’s best-known classical composer, dies at 80
The mentor of generations of Bowdoin College students was an influential innovator in his field, and his work materials are in the Library of Congress.
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Maine’s top, bottom schools in English, math and science
The results are according to a new statewide assessment test.