About 15 percent of Maine high schoolers – more than the national average – say they have used the devices, which can deliver nicotine or even THC, the active ingredient in pot.
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Lewiston High students receive $113,000 ‘restorative practices’ grant
The money will be used to create a new position at the school to decrease detentions and turn disciplinary cases into ‘teaching moments.’
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Man with Maine ties helps lead charge against Harvard’s admissions policy
A part-time South Thomaston resident uses funds from his nonprofits to mount lawsuits over universities’ race-based considerations.
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Police probe allegations that teacher at Freeport High ‘sexted’ with student
Police and school officials confirm the investigation but decline to provide details about the accusations or the teacher.
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Maine Girls’ Academy to add middle school in the fall
The private Portland school hopes to enroll 15 to 18 students in grades 7 and 8 for a start.
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Three Maine schools unanimously approved for charter extensions
Baxter and Fiddlehead are renewed for 10 years, and Harpswell for five years, all by 5-0 commission votes.
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UNE receives $1.3 million to develop better ways to farm seaweed
The university says the research will include develop 3D modeling to simulate weather and wave stresses on farms in the open ocean.
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Despite attempts to save it, federal Perkins Loan Program expires
The expiration leaves thousands of students in Maine — and beyond — without the subsidized loans for future college years.
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DeVos puts school choice at the top of new set of education priorities
The goals guiding states, schools and universities competing for federal money are a way education secretaries can move policy in a direction they desire.
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Colleges, and their students, must adapt to a rapidly changing world
But most institutions of higher learning are teaching the same old way and charging more for it.