Hampden eighth grade educator named 2022 Maine Teacher of the Year
Kelsey Stoyanova, who teaches at Reeds Brook Middle School in RSU22, is also the 2021 Penobscot County Teacher of the Year.
View ArticleSouth Portland school board candidate says past Facebook posts about Islam,...
A state lawmaker and a city councilor say Adam Hamilton should consider withdrawing from the race, based on his posts made in 2019.
View ArticleU Maine System working to bring hundreds of students into compliance with...
The system is still waiting to hear from 471 students a day before the deadline for students to verify their vaccination status.
View ArticleEducation technician at Portland school charged with multiple sex crimes
Benjamin Conroy is accused of victimizing a student in the autism spectrum program where he works at Ocean Avenue Elementary School.
View ArticleNursing schools see applications rise, despite COVID-19 burnout
Nationally, enrollment in bachelor's, master’s and doctoral nursing programs increased 5.6 percent in 2020 from the year before.
View ArticleBangor High principal can return to work after plea in car crash
Paul Butler, the school’s suspended principal, will return to work upon resolving charges stemming from a car crash at Bass Park
View ArticleBangor cancels field hockey game after Lewiston alters quarantine protocol
Under the new guidelines, several Lewiston players returned to school Tuesday morning after testing negative for COVID-19.
View ArticleBangor cancels field hockey game after Lewiston alters quarantine protocol
Under the new guidelines, each of the girls returned to school Tuesday morning after testing negative for COVID-19.
View ArticlePortland school principal apologizes for email criticizing women of color on...
Robyn Bailey apologizes to the school community in a letter, and Superintendent Xavier Botana, while rejecting her claims, says he has addressed them with her and stands by the decision to appoint her...
View ArticlePortland school board approves policy defining role of police in schools
The policy, approved unanimously Tuesday, offers clarity for when police should and shouldn't be in schools and on what grounds they're allowed to interview students.
View ArticleRSU 16 officials ask for help after staff berated and threatened by people...
'Make this level of incivility stop,' administrators for the Poland, Mechanic Falls and Minot school district plead.
View ArticlePortland warns parents it may cancel some school bus runs because of driver...
The district is telling families of elementary and middle school students to prepare for the possibility that one or more daily runs could be canceled this fall, while it offers incentives to try to...
View ArticleUSM Faculty Senate urges UMaine System to retain Cummings as president
Glenn Cummings says the faculty resolution is ‘very heartwarming,’ but he is comfortable with his decision to step down from the presidency into a teaching position.
View ArticleColby College announces program aimed at budding entrepreneurs
The Halloran Lab for Entrepreneurship is expected to launch next year and could increase the college's presence in downtown Waterville.
View ArticlePortland school employee now faces federal sex crime charges
The latest charges against Benjamin Conroy are related to the same incident in the classroom at Ocean Avenue Elementary School where he worked as an education technician.
View ArticleHonored at Bates College in 2019, a labor leader now backs unionization bid...
Dolores Huerta, a Medal of Freedom winner, issued an open letter throwing her support to organizers angling for a union for many of the employees at Bates College.
View ArticleUMaine System trustees accept USM president’s resignation despite faculty’s...
The board of trustees is moving ahead with a search for a new president at the University of Southern Maine after accepting Glenn Cummings' request to return to the faculty.
View ArticleRSU 4 School Board chairman ends meeting after man refuses to wear mask
The meeting became increasingly tense as attendees heckled the chairman, who declined to start the meeting.
View ArticleAugusta teachers exhausted by pandemic-era instruction as student problems spike
Cony Middle and High School teachers say the first two months of the 2021-22 school have brought "extreme exhaustion and stress."
View ArticleLack of permits leads to extra costs and delays for Portland school...
The projects at Reiche, Presumpscot and Longfellow elementary schools are facing an additional $1.4 million in costs due to permitting delays.
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