Financing public education at that level will be a challenge in two years. Backtracking won’t be easy, either.
Education
Chasing Maine: Indomitable Spirit
Fabi and Fartun have shown remarkable strength and fortitude as they pursue their goal of graduation and becoming nurses.
Chasing Maine: The Epic Comeback
USM’s softball team was down in the last inning against nationally ranked Eastern Connecticut but pulled out the win, and in doing so, broke the school record for consecutive victories.
Homeschooling in Maine soared during pandemic
The number of registered homeschool students increased 71 percent this school year, but the long-term effects are not clear.
Chasing Maine: The Boarding School
Just another day at school for these Carrabassett Valley Academy students who combine academics with high-level training in skiing and snowboarding.
Public Health Notebook: With 40 new outbreaks in the past week, Maine’s COVID metrics surge past previous peaks
Despite the rising number of cases, the state’s seven-day positivity rate remains among the lowest in the country.
Chasing Maine: The Astronomer
For astronomy instructor and northern Maine planetarium director Larry Berz, the study of space is an existential science. Recognizing our small role in the scheme of the universe is humbling and can evoke compassion in our daily lives.
Chasing Maine: The Messenger
Rhiannon Pelletier-Guerrette, a principal ballerina with the Maine State Ballet, uses her athleticism to convey stories of love, conflict and struggle on stage.
Maine’s two virtual charter schools see increased enrollment, longer wait lists during pandemic
While most Maine schools are adapting to online learning for the first time, Maine Virtual Academy and Maine Connections Academy have been online-only for more than five years. Though students are flocking to them this year, the schools haven’t solved all the challenges posed by virtual learning environments.
As students resume classes, school officials prepare for potential pandemic-induced educational divide
School officials are weighing how to bridge expected achievement gaps that may have resulted from remote learning in the spring.
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