Education

As colleges scramble to prepare for a safe school year in the midst of the pandemic, are they prepared to enforce safe social distancing among their students?

WDEA's Chris Popper sat down with Anne Patterson the Director of Adult Education. Patterson talked about some of the courses that are available this fall. There were 9000 brochures mailed to residents on MDI and part of Trenton.  If you don't have one, you can visit their website  click HERE

It lives! It is the Hancock Grammar School Postcard Challenge, but now after collecting over 500 postcards from all of the 50 States, the Postcard Challenge has taken a turn, and I think I'm to blame! When West Virginia was one of the only states that hadn't sent the 2nd Grade Class at Hancock Grammar School a postcard, I decided that I would tweet the Governor of West Virginia, Earl Tomblin... Re

Oh what a fantastic day I had, at the Hancock Grammar School thanks to the combined 2nd Grade classes of Michele Wagstaff and Rebecca Stanley as I along with Tim McCarthy from the Ellsworth Pat's Pizza were guests of honor! The 2nd Grade celebrated Maine's 196th Birthday along with the completion of their 50 Postcard Challenge...

Happy Birthday Maine! The State of Maine turns 196 today, and I am thrilled that I'm going to be celebrating with the 2nd Grade Class at Hancock Grammar School! It seems appropriate that they're celebrating the completion of their 50 Postcard Challenge and collecting over 500 Postcards on Maine's Birthday!

Congratulations to the 2nd Grade Class at Hancock Grammar School who completed their 50 Postcard Challenge in a huge way on Friday, March 11th! They have now received postcards from every state well before the 50 days were up! When friends throughout the country started sending postcards, it became apparent they were going to receive LOTS of postcards...

Indiana finally delivered for the Hancock Grammar School! The 2nd Grade at Hancock Grammar School had received postcards from 49 states, and was only missing Indiana but, Indiana delivered big time with 5 postcards on Monday, March 7th.

MDI High School and Orono High School made the top 10 of a newly released list of the best public high schools in Maine for 2015.

The Portland School Board has drafted a policy change for consideration and not everyone agrees with it.  Do you?

Earlier this week, five states announced plans to add a minimum of 300 extra hours to molding young minds in the classroom next year in hopes of strengthening the American student performance.