Rene Menard will get the President’s ‘E’ Award for the school’s success in enrolling overseas students.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Cutler cautions not to grow UMaine graduate center too fast
The former gubernatorial candidate tells the University of Maine System’s trustees: ‘You’ve got to crawl before you walk.’
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Somerville-based RSU 12 residents to consider budget increase
A new cost-sharing formula means Somerville’s contribution would increase 11.5 percent and Windsor’s share would jump 11.1 percent.
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Panel approves virtual learning compromise for Maine
The unanimously approved measure would have the Department of Education create a Web-based digital content library.
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Study finds gaps between state, national student proficiency test results
The picture is expected to change in upcoming years because many states have raised their academic standards and started using new tests to measure them.
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Messalonskee robot team soldiering on after coach leaves
Jamee Luce, who has led the team for almost a decade, is leaving to take a job with the organization that runs student robot competitions.
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SAD 74 residents approve $9.4 million school budget
The budget passed by an overall vote of 104-57, though it was rejected by the town of Embden, where a movement is underway to explore withdrawing from the district.
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Age ain’t nothin’ but a number? In public university classroom, it’s true.
In the early 1990s I stepped away from college for what I thought would be a year or two break, in order to focus on other things. Little did I know at the time that the other things would turn out to include meeting and marrying my wife, having children and partaking in the oh-so-many […]
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Winslow Council adds school funding into final budget
The school board will use cash reserves to fund textbooks and a school bus purchase in the hope that Legislature approves increased state funding.
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Other costs eat SAD 54 charter tuition savings
The Skowhegan-based school district will pay more for special education, school buses and salaries for school administrators and teachers in proposed budget for 2015-16.