The state’s free-tuition initiative has boosted enrollment numbers at Kennebec Valley Community College at a time when administrators are planning for on-campus housing and new athletic programs.
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Colby College finding purpose for Midcoast islands once home to the Wyeths
The Waterville college is working to expand its programming on Allen and Benner islands, which have hosted resident student fellows and other visitors since Colby purchased them last year.
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Chronic absenteeism rates at Maine schools remain high, state data shows
Students who miss two days or more of school during the first month have a higher risk of being chronically absent during the school year.
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Children hit hardest by the pandemic are now the big kids at school. Many still need reading help
An analysis of last year’s test scores found the average student would need the equivalent of 4.1 additional months of instruction to catch up to pre-COVID reading levels.
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A new sculpture winds through College of the Atlantic
The installation by British artist Andy Goldsworthy comprises 250 curbstones that form a 1,000-foot path from the entrance of the Bar Harbor campus to Frenchman Bay.
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RSU 3 superintendent resigns 3 days into start of the school year
The resignation of Superintendent Charles Brown took effect Thursday and the chairwoman of the Unity-area school board offered no explanation in a statement released to parents.
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RSU 9 braces itself for the potential of AI
Regional School Unit 9 board of directors, as well as administration, are preparing themselves for the upcoming school year and the potential of assignments completely written by AI programs like ChatGPT.
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Farmington school still has room for head start
Community Concepts’ Head Start programs in Franklin County are bouncing back from COVID-19 and still have room for more kids.
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UMF welcomes new and current students
With summer break winding down, the University of Maine Farmington welcomed new and current students back to campus Friday, Aug. 25, as the residence halls started to fill up.
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MSAD 49 works to secure permits as officials prepare to begin construction of new school in January
The Fairfield-based school district hopes to have state approval in November on the design plans for the $45.6 million consolidated elementary school.