Authorities are awaiting autopsy results on Qingyang Zhan, a 20-year-old junior whose body was found in a parking lot in Topsham early Sunday. Police say there is no threat to the public.
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Technical education is becoming increasingly popular. Can Maine’s programs meet the demand?
Career and technical education center directors say statewide increased enrollment in programs is positive, but some are concerned about staffing and space limitations.
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What it will take for Maine schools to serve more kids with disabilities
A bill pending in the Legislature would require schools to educate and provide services for 3- and 4-year-olds. Some districts are showing the way.
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Augusta Board of Education moves past confusion, approves $38 million budget proposal
School officials are expected to present the proposed spending plan Tuesday to the City Council.
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Mills, Collins cut ribbon at new Farmington child care education center
FARMINGTON — Gov. Janet Mills and U.S. Sen. Susan Collins helped cut the ribbon Wednesday to formally open the new Sweatt-Winter Child Care and Early Education Center at the University of Maine at Farmington. Joining them were UMF President Joseph McDonnell, Co-Provost and Dean Katherine Yardley and University of Maine System Vice Chancellor for Strategic […]
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High school teacher and students sue over Arkansas’ ban on critical race theory
The suit stems from the state’s decision last year to not count an Advance Placement course on Afridan American Studies toward state credit.
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Some central Maine school districts endorse starting after Labor Day
Augusta area schools will start school after Labor Day, but snow days could possibly run school into the week of Juneteenth.
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Quarry Tap Room, home of Central Maine Idol, to host ‘American Idol’ viewing party for last year’s winner
Julia Gagnon, who won the Hallowell-based singing competition last summer, will appear on the next episode of the national TV show, which airs Sunday at 8 p.m.
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‘Rushed, messy and inaccurate’: Augusta school board delays vote over $38 million budget
Board members express confusion this week over what is included in the budget proposal and have rescheduled vote for Wednesday, March 27.
Posted inMaine, Politics, Schools and Education
Bill to overhaul how Maine educates its youngest special needs students moves ahead
The bill would transfer some of the responsibility for providing disability services to young kids onto individual school districts within 4 years – a timeline that some worry is too quick.