Marcia Buker Elementary School switched to remote learning because nine teachers had to quarantine and not enough substitutes were available for in-person education.
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SAT essays and subject tests to be scrapped amid pandemic fallout
The nation’s leading standardized testing organization also said it was developing a more flexible SAT that would be digital.
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School choice lawsuits could be headed to high court fight
At stake in several states including Maine are the rules governing school voucher programs and whether some students and certain types of private schools can be excluded from the programs.
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Gardiner-area schools report 2 COVID-19 cases
The Gardiner Area High School boys basketball team was also impacted, along with the Mt. Ararat boys basketball team.
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North Anson-based school district goes remote after reporting 2 cases of COVID-19
Regional School Unit 74 will switch to remote learning after students from the same home tested positive for the coronavirus. The students were in school the week before testing positive.
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Maine families celebrate School Choice Week virtually this year
Maine families will be raising awareness about these choices at their virtual celebrations, which make up some of the more than 33,000 planned nationwide to spotlight K-12 education options.
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Richmond can move forward with withdrawal from RSU 2
Mark Bauer, the lawyer for Regional School Unit 2, says the town and district have finalized details of the separation.
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Gardiner, Augusta Civil Rights Teams honor Martin Luther King Jr. with virtual celebration
Despite remote learning since winter break, Gardiner’s and Augusta’s Civil Rights Teams have found ways to celebrate MLK Jr. Day, while Skowhegan Area High School is focusing on personal pronouns.
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School nurses on the front lines of fighting COVID-19 and keeping schools open
Between contact tracing, testing and educational outreach, they are taking on new duties essential to keeping schools open this year.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Augusta’s Cony High School to offer African American studies class next academic year
The class will be taught by T.J. Maines, starting with African history before the beginning of the United States and ending with the Black Lives Matter movement.