Portland school board approves $133.1 million budget for next year
If approved by the City Council and Portland voters, the budget would increase taxes by $84 a year for the owner of a $300,000 home.
View ArticleUNE receives $5 million to help relocate its medical school
The relocation of the College of Osteopathic Medicine is part of a plan to consolidate all the college's health programs at its Portland campus.
View ArticleUniversity of Maine at Augusta names Michael Laliberte as new president after...
Laliberte, who's been president since 2016 of State University of New York at Delhi, was chosen unanimously by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees and will start on Aug. 1.
View ArticleMaranacook Community High School in ‘outbreak status’ following series of...
At Wednesday night's Regional School Unit 38 board meeting, Superintendent Jay Charette did not recommend a different course of action regarding the COVID-19 cases and said he expects them to 'pass...
View ArticleSearch for USM is down to four finalists, but process rankles some
University of Southern Maine faculty and other community members expressed frustrated with the search process, saying it has not been as transparent as it should be.
View ArticlePrincipals say teacher burnout prompts staffing shortages in Waterville
Waterville Senior High School Principal Brian Laramee tells the city's Board of Education that on any given day, 10 to 16 staff members can be out of the building.
View ArticleSamantha Smith’s peace-seeking letter to Soviet Union endures as lesson for...
As the 40th anniversary of the Manchester girl's famous letter approaches this November, her message for world peace is more relevant than ever.
View ArticleWith aid to spend, schools look for students who need help
Early data from some of the U.S.'s biggest school districts confirm what many had feared: Groups of students that already faced learning gaps before the pandemic, including Black and Hispanic students...
View ArticlePortland Adult Education to have new leadership starting this summer
Abbie Yamamoto, the current director of the Maine Association for New Americans, will take over as executive director of Portland Adult Education starting this summer.
View ArticleHomeschooling surge continues despite schools reopening
Families that may have turned to homeschooling as an alternative to remote learning plans have stuck with it.
View ArticleGeorgia students make video to prove their high school needs repairs
Kids at Druid Hills High School use iPhones to document the classrooms, hallways and bathrooms that are crumbling around them.
View ArticleGood Will-Hinckley president and executive director to leave this summer
Rob Moody will leave the organization after serving in various positions for nearly 25 years to become the principal at China Primary School.
View ArticleBowdoin College president Clayton Rose stepping down after 8 years
Bowdoin College's president will depart the post at the end of the next academic year.
View ArticleBiden administration gives more borrowers a chance of student debt cancellation
Any month in which borrowers made payments will now count toward forgiveness, even if they were not enrolled in an income-driven plan.
View ArticleMask mandates return to U.S. college campuses as COVID-19 cases rise
Mandates were shed widely in the wake of spring break as case numbers dropped following a winter surge fueled by the omicron variant, but several Northeast cities have seen a rise in recent weeks,
View ArticleStudent loans have delayed wealth-building for Gen Z and millennial...
Yet, a majority of U.S. adults with student loan debt say their degree has unlocked career and salary opportunities that wouldn’t otherwise be possible.
View ArticleRSU 2 to pay former superintendent through end of the year and will have 3%...
Richmond will pay $3,773,118 toward the school budget — an increase of 5.5%, a difference of $195,275 from last year.
View ArticleMaine students to attend community college for free under new state program
High school graduates or those earning a GED diploma in 2020, 2021, 2022 or 2023 are eligible for the program.
View ArticleGreely High School named best in Maine by U.S. News and World Report
The U.S. News list ranks more than 17,800 public high schools across the nation, including 113 in Maine.
View ArticleEdward Little High School teacher to spend 3 weeks studying Arctic Circle
Erin Towns joins research team to study glacier dynamics in Greenland.
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