Portland council votes to put $125.2 million school budget on June ballot
The councilors voted 7-2 to approve the total budget after an amendment seeking to reduce the amount to be raised from taxes failed 5-4.
View ArticleBates to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for all students
The college said Tuesday it won't allow students to return in the fall unless they are vaccinated.
View ArticleMaine colleges, students to get more than $105 million in federal pandemic...
At least half of the American Rescue Plan funding will be distributed to students as emergency financial aid.
View ArticlePortland schools consider later class starts for middle and high school students
The school board is scheduled to vote next week on the proposal, which would adjust schedules earlier for some elementary schools as well.
View ArticleUMaine System settles lawsuit over handling of sexual misconduct allegations
A student accused of sexual misconduct sued the university system, arguing he was discriminated against because of his gender.
View ArticleIn response to pandemic, proposal looks to protect Maine teachers from bullying
A spokesman for teachers said the pandemic has revealed that school workers face unique job challenges and should be able to work in an environment free from bullying.
View ArticleFreeport, Biddeford and Topsham educators among Maine’s county teachers of...
The 16 county winners are now finalists for the annual Maine Teacher of the Year award, to be announced in October.
View ArticleSaint Joseph’s College will require all students and staff to be fully...
The college, based in Standish, joins a growing number of colleges requiring staff members and students to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
View ArticleColby College officials still deciding whether to require COVID-19...
Administrators at other Maine colleges — including Bowdoin College, Bates College, St. Joseph's College and College of the Atlantic — have announced they will require full vaccinations prior to the...
View ArticlePoet Richard Blanco to speak at Colby College’s 200th commencement
The graduation ceremony is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Sunday, May 23, but the event is closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic.
View ArticleBates students support Palestinians, denounce college
Bates College student government and others decry decision to call police over anti-Israel graffiti as 'a censure of student voices.'
View ArticleTo dance or not to dance? Maine schools navigate logistics of pandemic proms
Some high schools are skipping prom altogether, but some staff members, parents and students are finding ways to hold proms that look a little different, in hopes of bringing some normalcy to the end...
View ArticleHigh school graduations take a step toward normalcy
The Class of 2021 in high schools across Maine will graduate next month in ceremonies that will feel more traditional than they did last year.
View ArticleVirus testing strategies, opinions vary widely in U.S. schools
Some states are returning the money the Biden administration provided to run tests in schools.
View ArticleUMaine professor working to make environmentally friendly disinfectant
William DeSisto is working with manufacturers on technology to increase local production of a bleach alternative made from salt, water and electricity.
View ArticleRichmond officials tell voters to focus on academics, not cost of stand-alone...
In order to withdraw from Regional School Unit 2, the town of Richmond needs 822 votes, more than 50% of voters from the last gubernatorial election.
View ArticleBill would make all Maine children eligible for free breakfast, lunch in schools
Legislation sponsored by Senate President Troy Jackson would require Maine to supplement what the state receives in federal funding for free and reduced lunch coverage.
View ArticleUNE researchers study whether, for energy sector, kelp is on the way
A project in Saco Bay looks at how best to grow kelp in the open ocean, with an eye toward producing biofuel if it can be grown efficiently at a large enough scale.
View ArticlePortland high school and middle school students will have later start times...
And even later start times could be in store for those students during the 2022-23 school year.
View ArticleScarborough schools failed to follow policy in pulling book from 7th-grade...
A mother and daughter who opposed the use of 'Freak the Mighty' got their school to drop the text, but the district now faces opposition from the teachers' union over academic integrity and...
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