GMOs have some major benefits, despite having recently taken some major criticism, so it will be interesting to see what another 50 years of advancing this technology will bring, Amber Howard writes.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Five years after charter school approved, Good Will-Hinckley charts a diverse future
Since reopening its doors five years ago, the Fairfield campus that also houses the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences now serves around 200 people with school, housing and other support services.
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UMaine’s engineering program underequipped to meet rising demand for grads
UMaine estimates the engineering college will produce roughly half the graduates needed to meet the state’s demand over the next decade.
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Unity College to graduate 31 in fall commencement
The college set an all-time enrollment record this fall, with more than 700 full-time students on campus, nearly 10 percent more than enrolled last fall, according to a news release.
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Readfield seeking applicants for school committee seat
James Marr, who was elected with write-in votes in June 2015, resigned, citing work responsibilities.
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LePage’s designated education chief to step down
William Beardsley, who cited family reasons, has led the department as a deputy since his nomination for the commissioner post met resistance.
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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.
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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.