Maine losing school laptop program head
The head of Maine’s pioneering computers-in-schools program is stepping down . Jeff Mao, who has been policy director and team leader of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative since June 2008 and has...
View ArticleNew virtual instruction to profit Portland school district
Portland School District anticipates making more than $2,000 for every student that enrolls in a new district virtual instruction program being launched this fall, according to a proposal sent to the...
View ArticleUSM gets approval, with conditions, to give up Stone House in Freeport
University of Maine System officials voted Tuesday to allow the University of Southern Maine to move forward with a plan to sell or transfer the Stone House in Freeport, as long as it works with the...
View ArticleQuestions about Portland’s virtual school plan still nag board
Portland school officials wouldn’t answer questions from the school board Tuesday night about key elements of a new virtual instruction program being offered this fall, including whether it would be...
View ArticlePortland superintendent gets resistance over plan to offer virtual classes
Portland Mayor Michael Brennan came out Wednesday against the Portland school superintendent’s decision to partner with a for-profit virtual education company for a new online program, saying the...
View ArticlePortland superintendent scraps plan to offer virtual classes
Portland Superintendent Emmanuel Caulk said Thursday he is abandoning his plan to offer virtual classes to certain students in the school district beginning this fall. Caulk’s decision comes after the...
View ArticleNew flight simulator gives a lift to program at UMaine Augusta
AUGUSTA — Without leaving their classroom at the University of Maine at Augusta, aviation students can take off in Augusta and land at Waterville’s airport in 15 minutes. Actually, using the...
View ArticleColleges rethink sex assault programs
BALTIMORE — As freshmen descend on college campuses, they enter the “red zone” – a period between Labor Day and Thanksgiving during which they are most vulnerable to sexual assault. This year is...
View ArticleAnalyst: Maine ‘grossly overpaid’ for school iPads
In the winter and spring of 2013, the state of Maine and the Los Angeles Unified School District were both shopping for computing devices to put in the hands of their students and teachers. When each...
View ArticleBoth of Westbrook High School’s assistant principals resign
Westbrook High School’s two assistant principals submitted resignations last month – one to move north and the other to take a job with Biddeford schools. Howard Jack, who has worked at the high school...
View ArticleBowdoin tops Maine colleges in U.S. News rankings
Bowdoin College remains one of the nation’s top liberal arts colleges in the most recent rankings by U.S. News & World Report, coming in fifth overall. The school was noted for having a strong...
View ArticleMaine high school’s Program 11 aims to stop texting behind the wheel
On the 11th day of every month, 11 juniors at Mount View High School will wear shirts with the number 11 on the front. The Thorndike high school is participating in Program 11 – an initiative aimed at...
View ArticleGood Will-Hinckley names Maine educator interim president
Richard Abramson, a longtime Maine educator, has been named interim president at Good Will-Hinckley, which operates the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences, a charter school for non-traditional learners....
View ArticleUtah elementary school teacher shoots herself in leg
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah elementary school teacher who was carrying a concealed firearm accidentally shot herself in the leg when the weapon discharged in a faculty bathroom shortly before classes...
View ArticleGreene inaugurated as 20th president of Colby College
WATERVILLE— Amid a number of challenges in higher education, Colby College is better positioned than ever to make its mark in the academic world, according to the college’s newly inaugurated president,...
View ArticleUNE to accept SMCC student credits
SOUTH PORTLAND – Southern Maine Community College and the University of New England have created a partnership that allows students to transfer their credits. Leaders from both institutions announced...
View ArticleMaine Sen. Angus King introduces student loan bill
Independent U.S. Sen. Angus King introduced a federal student loan bill Tuesday allowing consolidation of debts into either a 10-year fixed repayment plan or a single, income-based repayment option...
View ArticleCost of Maine’s public colleges tops legislative panel’s agenda
Officials from Maine’s public colleges told a special legislative commission Thursday that their priorities for keeping college affordable were making sure the state didn’t cut its appropriation for...
View ArticleUMA interim president cites ‘Don Quixote’ at convocation
AUGUSTA — The recently appointed interim president at the University of Maine at Augusta, Glenn Cummings, told those attending Friday’s convocation to think of the early 17th-century Spanish novel “Don...
View ArticleNew campaign aims to end sexual attacks on campus
WASHINGTON — The White House launched an ambitious campaign Friday aimed at ending sexual assaults on college campuses, in part by enlisting major college sports leagues and prominent celebrities to...
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