Teachers are voicing skepticism about a Maine proposal to update science education standards to incorporate teaching about genocide, eugenics and the Holocaust
Northern Penobscot Technical Center will now be able to educate twice as many welders as before thanks to a $570,000 dollar investment from the governor’s Maine Recovery and Jobs Plan.
Students at the Charles M. Sumner Learning Campus in Sullivan had quite the surprise as U.S. Army pilots flew onto their campus in a Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday.
Current students and recent graduates from UMaine’s College of Engineering & Computing got the chance to connect with employers Wednesday at the 25th annual Engineering & Computing Job Fair hosted on-campus.
Maine DHHS said the payments are intended to support families of children who did not have access to school-based food because they were learning remotely or absent due to illness.
The fast-track training program, which is done mostly online, is for paraprofessional level educators and designed to help Maine schools fill critical staff shortages.
The RSU 5 school district, which encompasses Freeport, will welcome 67 migrant students, according to its superintendent. The Sanford district will take in 55, while 20 will go to Lewsiton.
The school says the program is geared toward people already working in schools, especially those as ed techs, with a goal of helping fill a need for special education teachers in Maine schools.
Penquis’ We’ve Got Your Back program helps 1,200 students living in Penobscot, Piscataquis, and Knox counties with backpacks and school supplies each year.
