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We’ve got plenty of education-related news this week.
I’m excited for you to read reporter Kristian Moravec’s stories on test score trends. She has been busy interviewing people with a variety of perspectives and running data analyses to put together her deep dives. They show how certain subsets of students have been struggling the most. She also had an update this week on new leadership at the Climate Change Institute, a well-known hub for research.
And reporter Rose Lundy explained how the University of Maine System is planning to switch to Anthem health insurance, which is still in a contract dispute with the second largest health care system in the state.
We’ve got a lot of news from partners, too, and please check out contributor Murray Carpenter’s piece on housing, with interactive graphics by Taylor Nichols. He reminds us how fewer people are living together, inadvertently contributing to Maine's housing crisis.
It’s hard to believe October is nearly over. Have a fun Halloween!
– Erin
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Leaders struggled to respond as more Maine students began to flounder
There is no consensus around why certain Maine kids are performing worse on tests, but losses may reflect deeper challenges facing Maine schools and families.
Read this story by Kristian Moravec of The Maine Monitor
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Video shows Graham Platner with ‘troubling’ tattoo that appears to be a Nazi symbol: The Democratic U.S. Senate candidate told a podcast he got the skull-and-crossbones tattoo in 2007 after getting “very inebriated” with fellow Marines in Croatia, saying he is no “secret Nazi.” Read this story by Sawyer Loftus and Billy Kobin of the Bangor Daily News
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Graham Platner says tattoo recognized as Nazi symbol has been covered: Graham Platner says he’s covered a tattoo on his chest to no longer reflect an image widely recognized as a Nazi symbol that he got nearly 20 years ago. Read this story by Kimberlee Kruesi and Patrick Whittle of the Associated Press
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Some Republican Senators entertain nuking the filibuster to end the shutdown: “Obviously I’ll look at any plan that anyone puts out in order to reopen the government,” Sen. Susan Collins told NOTUS, even as Republican leadership is firmly opposed to changing the filibuster rules. Read this story by Em Luetkemeyer, Helen Huiskes and Riley Rogerson of NOTUS
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