The higher education system in Maine has been woefully underfunded.
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Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Madison teacher recognized for commitment to financial literacy education
Raelene Allen was named one of the two Financial Educators of the Year by Maine Jump$tart Coalition for the 2019-2020 school year.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: New approach needed to handle school threats
Schools need the right resources to process threats, and to stop problems before they get too dire.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Harvest of the Month program gets local food into Maine schools
Marketing program is meant to drive sales of school lunches, give schools assistance purchasing food locally, boost sales for farmers.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Auburn students feel targeted by high school’s attempt to address bias
School officials used the intercom to summon some students to a meeting about anti-bias focus groups, which, they say, violated their privacy and made them targets in a school struggling with discrimination.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Schools and Education
University of Maine receives $1 million for new engineering center
The $1 million gift from aerospace company Pratt & Whitney will fund a machine tool suite in a new engineering center.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, Schools and Education
Winthrop High School student charged after threatening social media post
Winthrop interim Superintendent Cornelia Brown said the student threatened to “harm students” at the high school early Thursday morning.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Central Maine schools go beyond the screen to support learning
“If we have the focus of the screen being the thing — we are doing it wrong,” said Matthew Shea, director of teaching and learning for Winthrop Public Schools, “(Devices) should be used as support and as tools, not the focus.”
Posted inBusiness
Free financial education conference offered at USM
The conference on Oct. 19 is designed to help Mainers deal with common personal finance issues.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: School resource officers are not just cops
As researchers have recommended, Maine should standardize the way it trains and supervises the ever-expanding duties of school-based police officers.