Buxton-based school board considers removing books about sexuality and gender...
Some parents want the books "Gender Queer: A Memoir" and "It's Perfectly Normal" removed from libraries at Bonny Eagle middle school and high school.
View ArticleCape Elizabeth ballot includes school projects packing a 25% tax increase
Voters will be asked to approve borrowing to build new elementary and middle schools and renovate Cape Elizabeth High School at a cost of $116 million.
View ArticleBiden nears decision on canceling $10,000 in student loans as allies feud
Borrowers are scheduled to resume student loan payments Aug. 31 unless the White House extends the current pause.
View ArticleMaine schools act to mitigate ‘forever chemicals’ found in drinking water
Mount Desert Island High and Chebeague Island School are among the schools that have installed filters after testing showed PFAS levels exceeded the state's allowable limit of 20 parts per trillion.
View ArticleUNE receives $5 million grant to support chronic pain research
The Center of Biomedical Research Excellence at UNE will use the federal funds to continue its research into the study of pain and novel pain therapeutics.
View ArticleAugusta-area schools seek grant funding for electric buses, but officials...
If approved, three Augusta-area school districts could receive a total of eight electric school buses that would arrive by October 2024.
View ArticleWant to borrow ‘Gender Queer’ from your local library? You may have to get in...
As of Wednesday, nearly all of the copies of the graphic novel were either checked out or in the process of being checked out from libraries across Maine.
View ArticlePortland educator is candidate for Maine teacher of the year
Matt Bernstein is a ninth-grade social studies teacher at Casco Bay High School.
View ArticleWho qualifies for Biden’s plan to cancel $10,000 in student debt?
The White House estimates roughly 43 million federal student loan borrowers are eligible for forgiveness, and about 20 million could have their debt completely wiped out.
View ArticleThousands of Mainers stand to benefit from student debt relief
The president's decision to provide $10,000 in federal student debt reduction will benefit about 177,000 borrowers who live in Maine, the Maine Center for Economic Policy estimates.
View Article‘Don’t say trans’: Texas school board’s new policies spark an outcry
The Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District in North Texas narrowly passed a sweeping set of policies that includes a total ban on all classroom discussion of "gender fluidity."
View ArticleNebraska school officials close newspaper after students publish LGBTQ articles
An email from a school employee cancelling the student paper’s printing services said it was “because the school board and superintendent are unhappy with the last issue’s editorial content.”
View ArticleLewiston School Committee to vote on revised cellphone, recording policy
One educator said prohibiting cellphones would "support a better learning environment." Another said it would be a "nightmare."
View ArticleMissouri school district reinstates spanking if parents agree
Experts say the practice is detrimental to students.
View ArticleAffordable housing crisis creates another barrier for Maine college students
Limited student housing and high rents are leaving students scrambling to find a place to live before school starts.
View ArticleSchools brace for surge of new students from asylum-seeking families
Saco will see enrollment grow by over 100 this fall, testing teachers and staff and straining budgets.
View ArticleLewiston schools to start new cellphone, recording restrictions Wednesday
School Committee members additionally voted to reallocate unspent funds from open staff positions to help students reenter the school system and expand the Store Next Door.
View ArticleReligious schools shun state funding despite Maine victory
Maine's attorney general warned that the schools would have to abide by state antidiscrimination laws, including those that protect LGBTQ students and faculty, and that requirement has frustrated the...
View ArticleMaine students head back to school, this time without all the COVID protocols
The return to classrooms feels much more normal this year as pandemic restrictions have gone away.
View ArticleJudge thwarts Virginia Republicans’ effort to limit sale of books at Barnes &...
The 2 books at the heart of the suit are Maia Kobabe's 'Gender Queer,' a memoir about identifying as nonbinary, and Sarah J. Maas's 'A Court of Mist and Fury,' a fantasy novel that depicts a dark fairy...
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