Finals in the Maine Drama Festival will be held March 18 and 19, featuring winners of the weekend’s regional competition.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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LePage offers $7.2 million more for the University of Maine System
The governor says he’ll ask for the additional funding if the board of trustees continues its tuition freeze.
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Twin eighth-graders take lead in raising funds for athletics at Gardiner Regional Middle School
Dana and Devyn Purington’s Mud in Your Face organization will hold two races on April 3 to raise money for their school and the Wounded Warrior Project.
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Monmouth Academy wins Maine Academic Decathlon
The team now is working to raise the money needed to go to the national championship in Alaska.
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Sombreros at Bowdoin ‘tequila party’ ignite controversy on campus and beyond
Two members of the student government face impeachment for attending a fiesta-themed party where sombreros were worn – conduct some of their peers found racially offensive.
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Classrooms taking note of presidential campaign’s nastiness
Educators, parents and students say the candidates’ biggest applause lines and headline-grabbers fly in the face of appeals for students to be respectful and kind.
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RSU 18 presents $34.7 million budget for 2017
The plan includes a spending increase of less than 1 percent, but taxpayers could be on the hook for a lot more.
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Ballot question to increase education spending will go to voters
The Secretary of State certified the campaign, which is attempting to impose a 3 percent tax on upper-income households to increase education funding.
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Collaboration helps Maine adult education students earn college credit
Maine adult education programs have pivoted to meet the needs of communities, including college transitions classes that help prepare students for post-secondary institutions, John McLaughlin writes.
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Bill would standardize drug-abuse education
Currently, individual middle and high schools set their own policies, which officials say leaves gaps.