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.
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Longtime Waterville educator named assistant superintendent of schools
Jennifer Allen, 54, of Winthrop received unanimous support Monday in a vote of the Waterville Board of Education.
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DeSantis bans diversity, equity and inclusion in Florida colleges
The law also bans courses that include viewpoints with which the governor disagrees, prompting a statewide faculty union to argue that presenting a variety of perspectives is ‘a bedrock of democracy.’
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Thomas College to lease residence hall at Snow Pond Center for Arts in Sidney
With the Waterville college’s dormitories expected to be full this fall, about 28 students will be housed in a residence hall on the Snow Pond Center for the Arts campus on Messalonskee Lake as part of a new partnership.
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South Sudanese sisters, born in Ugandan refugee camp, graduate from Thomas College
Twin sisters Achen and Apiyo Charles, born in a refugee camp in Uganda, graduated Saturday from Thomas College after only three years, and now will pursue master’s degrees as they help their mother, a Portland resident, earn money to support their siblings in both the U.S. and Uganda.
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Lawmakers consider panel to better integrate New Mainers into public schools
The 16-member panel would build on the lessons learned by communities with sizable New Mainer populations, such as Portland and Lewiston.