The teachers credit the streak to shared decision-making and freedom to lead, which they cite as crucial to success.
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Conneely reflects on first months on the job at UMA
James Conneely brought more than 30 years of experience to UMA when he took over for interim president Rebecca Wyke in January.
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Huffington tells Colby College graduates Trump’s a good example of effects of sleep deprivation
The co-founder of Huffington Post and author of the recent “The Sleep Revolution” tells graduates that sleep is the real performance enhancing drug, and the presumptive Republican presidential candidate exhibits the signs of not getting enough.
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Kennebec Valley Community College graduates celebrate in Augusta
Ceremony ushers 477 graduates of the Fairfield community college to the next stage in their lives.
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Portland high schools expanding Chinese language classes
The school district already offers Mandarin classes. The new arrangement will bring an instructor from China who will teach two classes at Deering High and two at Casco Bay High.
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Mayflower Hill Drive on Colby College campus to be closed during commencement
The road from north of Mount Merici Avenue to south of Campus Drive will be closed to through traffic for part of Sunday.
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Madison students study Maine’s salmon population
As part of the Fish Friends program, students at Madison Junior High School released young fish into the Sandy River, the site of a larger salmon restoration project by the Maine Department of Marine Resources.
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Residents flock to Skowhegan meeting to defend Good News Club
Freedom From Religion Foundation members say some parents are unaware of club’s Christian teachings at the afterschool program at Bloomfield Elementary School.
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Colby College alumna to be school’s first chief diversity officer
Karlene Burrell-McRae, of the class of 1994, has been named dean of the college and will oversee student affairs as well as civic engagement, diversity and inclusion efforts, the Waterville college announced Wednesday.
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Here’s some great architecture to visit in Maine
From the Portland Museum of Art, to Castle Tucker in Wiscasset and the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine has plenty of special architectural locations that are worth a visit this summer.