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Maine Voices: Here’s how we build Maine schools that work for everyone
Rethinking Responsive Education Ventures is designed to support innovative opportunities to influence future generations of learners through creative approaches to education.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Vaccinating students seen as key moment as central Maine schools juggle pandemic challenges
With the increase in COVID-19 cases despite using the same guidelines as last year, school districts are seeing large increases in the number of positive cases from just the first few months of school.
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Maine education chief: Let’s work together so our kids can learn in person, full time
We have the power to limit COVID’s impact on Maine students through vaccination, indoor masks at school and engagement in testing programs, Commissioner Pender Makin says.
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Maine Voices: Still cynical about changes in child care workforce – please prove me wrong
Early childhood education won’t be high-quality, affordable and well compensated until and unless it is part of the common good, just like public school.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Somerville, Rumford-area school districts to split nearly $100,000 USDA grant for food programs
Regional School Unit 12 will use funds to make its locally sourced food programs more sustainable, while Regional School Unit 10 is hoping to strengthen its efforts to bring healthy meals to students.
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Commentary: End discrimination in Maine against religious school families
By barring the use of public funding for religious high schools, the state is violating the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause, says the firm representing three Maine families.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
State urges Maine families to apply for free school meals
The data collected on the forms is used to determine state and federal funding, so it’s important they are completed even though meals will continue to be free for all students, the Department of Education says.
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Maine Voices: Ambivalence persists about roles, rights of Mainers with disabilities
Two recent stories show we’re undermining our pledges of inclusion by perpetuating a history rife with prejudice and bias.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Maine will lift physical distancing requirements for schools this fall
The Department of Education announced that remaining physical distancing requirements will be relaxed next school year and all schools should be able to offer full-time, in-person learning.