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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New chapter unfolds at Colby College as the arts take flight with $95 million facility
The Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts is poised to open soon as the latest investment over several years to transform the college and city into a cultural destination.
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As students head back to school, some districts struggle to find the staffing to serve them
The problem is particularly severe in Skowhegan-based Maine School Administrative District 54, which still needs more than 20 educational technicians as the 2023-24 school year launches.
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School year in Maine begins with familiar staffing shortages
Special-education teachers are in especially short supply.
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Portland schools embracing multilingual education
A third of the district’s roughly 6,500 students are multilingual, many with limited English. Preparing educators to confront that shift could benefit everyone.
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Maine home-schooling numbers remain high following pandemic spike
Experts, parents and advocates cite a number of reasons for a dramatic rise of a system that provides an alternative to traditional schooling.
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Maine colleges say Supreme Court ruling will harm efforts to create diverse campuses
With race effectively eliminated as a factor in college admissions, Maine schools must refocus their efforts to create diverse student bodies.
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Mount View High School graduation ceremony gets philosophical
The 67 seniors walked away with a question to ponder, courtesy of their principal: ‘Who are you?’
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Skowhegan Area High School graduates 144
The graduation, held Sunday at the school on West Front Street, drew more than 1,500 family, friends and faculty members to the gymnasium and auditorium.
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Maine’s high school graduation rate dropped during the pandemic, but may be recovering
This year’s grads were freshmen when the pandemic hit, making this past year their first relatively normal high school experience.