Amanda Geduld

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Amanda Geduld covered education for The Maine Monitor. In January 2024, she will begin a position as a K-12 national education reporter at a nonprofit newsroom in New York. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Chalkbeat, CNN, Miami Herald, Columbia News Service, and AM New York. Amanda graduated as salutatorian from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where she was a Stabile Investigative Fellow. She was the recipient of the Fred M. Hechinger Education Journalism Award and a Pulitzer Travel fellowship.

Four of the challenged books: Gender Queer, White Fragility, Beyond Magenta, and It's Perfectly Normal.

Twenty-two challenges to school library books have been filed in Maine since January 2022. Just one book has been removed.

Most complaints target LGBTQ+ books, a Maine Monitor review found. Some rely on resources from national conservative organizations.

ByAmanda Geduld

August 27, 2023

A medical kit containing narcan and other similar products.

More Maine schools stocking opioid overdose drug

Naloxone, also known as Narcan, is becoming widely available for use during emergency situations. And it’s not just to protect students.

ByAmanda Geduld

August 6, 2023

Buckets full of educational books. The buckets are labeled famous people, non-fiction, non-fiction, science, science and animals.

Maine homeschooling numbers remain high following a pandemic spike

Experts, parents and advocates cite a number of reasons for a dramatic rise of a system that provides an alternative to traditional schooling.

ByAmanda Geduld

July 9, 2023