Federal and state laws still require schools to serve students who are learning English, but Maine educators worry the change could be a sign of future impacts on funding or obligations to multilingual students.
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Maine school districts are working to keep their students engaged over summer break
Educators have long lamented the dreaded ‘summer slide,’ but communities are more active than ever in providing resources to prevent it.
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Portland schools struggle to enroll students amid influx of asylum seekers
The city school district has enrolled over 800 students whose primary language is not English this school year – about twice the rate of the previous year.