Different teaching models key to education in 21st century.
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OUR OPINION: Strangulation law helps pull domestic assault out of the shadows
In Maine and elsewhere, strangulation is often overlooked, and often deadly.
OUR OPINION: Working Maine women need policy protections
A higher minimum wage, paid sick time and family leave are all key to greater economic security.
OUR OPINION: Thumbs up, thumbs down
Vacant properties in Augusta, cod in the Gulf of Maine are in the news this week.
OUR OPINION: State should be closer to a fix for Riverview
Seventeen months after the first federal warning, the hospital is still not meeting basic standards.
OUR OPINION: Consolidation failure calls for different tack
Forced partnerships are not working, so the state must find another way to help small school districts.
OUR OPINION: Words of wisdom for Labor Day: Workers matter
When corporations invest in their employees, they reap the benefits of loyal and stable workforce.
OUR OPINION: Who do we endorse? Nobody — and here’s why
We’ll still scrutinize candidates, but telling you how to vote creates perceptions of bias.
OUR OPINION: Guards should not sink into the culture of prison
Allegations of hazing by state employees raise troubling questions and demand public airing.
OUR OPINION: Thumbs up, thumbs down
Elementary class sizes, sheriff department ‘force multiplier,’ free school lunches catch our attention this week.