The novel coronavirus is testing our resilience in unprecedented ways, affecting all aspects of Maine life, including public education. Deep Dive: Coronavirus continues with a look at how districts around the state are preparing for the return of in-classroom instruction. We'll explore how teachers plan to keep students safe using altered schedules, outdoor classes, remote learning and other strategies.
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A editors' selection of stories about the coronavirus appears below. For Maine Public's full coronavirus coverage, click here.
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Twelve months into the global coronavirus pandemic and Mainers continue to navigate remote work, vaccinations, Zoom school and isolation.But they’ve also… -
The winter of 2021 has been grueling for just about all Mainers, as the coronavirus has sickened tens of thousands of people and killed hundreds across… -
Thousands of people in Maine are getting a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine every day, most at mass vaccination sites. But these large clinics don’t work for… -
Across the country, Native Americans have been hit especially hard by COVID-19. According to the U.S. CDC, they've been hospitalized about four times as… -
Economists project that sometime this summer, the national debt will set a record, exceeding the debt incurred during all of World War II.The numbers are… -
One year into the pandemic, we take stock of the effects this global crisis has had on individuals and society. We talk with an anthropologist and a… -
In some ways, farmers are accustomed to uncertainty. The weather, for example, where one brief summer storm can wipe out an entire crop. But the upheavals… -
Many students have struggled to keep up during the coronavirus pandemic, after schools first closed a little more than a year ago and then most of them… -
The pandemic has taken a significant toll on arts venues and on creators. But some artists also recognize the positives that have come from the forced… -
The number of people relocating to Maine ramped up sharply in 2020. Many were fleeing denser urban settings and lured by the prospects of working remotely…
