Colby College student wins Voyager Scholarship
The scholarship from the Obama Foundation, worth up to $50,000, is intended for those who plan to pursue a career in public service.
View ArticleAfter cancellation, Democrats look to reduce future student debt
The election-season bill has dim odds of passage in the House and virtually no hope in the Senate.
View ArticleGift of $5 million will establish new arts lab at Colby College
The gift from 1985 graduate John Lyons, a film editor, and his wife, Susannah Gray, a retired pharmaceutical executive, was announced this week. The lab opens this fall for students.
View ArticlePortland school board to vote Tuesday on limiting high school choice
The district says changes in enrollment between Portland and Deering high schools are making it difficult to anticipate resource and staffing needs.
View ArticleLePage unveils proposed plan to topple Maine’s ‘woke’ education system
Former Gov. Paul LePage unveils a proposed Parents Bill of Rights that echoes plans from Republicans in other states.
View ArticleBonny Eagle school board delays decision on whether to keep controversial...
Board members will read 'Gender Queer: A Memoir' over the next 2 weeks before deciding whether to remove it from the Bonny Eagle High School library.
View ArticlePortland education technicians say students are unsafe due to staffing shortages
In their second year without a contract, the ed techs are asking district leadership to come to the table and bargain.
View ArticlePortland school board votes to limit school choice
After a lengthy discussion and two failed amendments, Portland's board members vote 5-2 to change the district's policy allowing students to attend the school of their choice.
View ArticleUSM on track to build arts center as fundraising reaches final phase
The school is entering the public phase of the largest fundraising campaign in its history, which includes money for the new arts center in Portland.
View ArticlePortland’s new limit on high school choice angers some parents
The district says it needs to ensure consistent populations at its two largest high schools from year to year and to better anticipate resource and staffing needs.
View ArticleCheverus High School gets OK for taxpayer-funded tuition reimbursement
It was the only religious school to apply for participation in Maine's tuition reimbursement plan after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Maine law that bars the use of public dollars for tuition at...
View ArticleAudit flags issues with Portland school department finances
Superintendent Xavier Botana told a City Council committee Thursday that the district has since added staff and restructured the finance department.
View ArticleColby College conference to highlight the work, influence of Václav Havel
A conference organizer says increasing radical tendencies, disinformation and other global developments make relevent the efforts of Havel, the prominent dissident who went on to become president of...
View ArticlePortland school board approves new 3-year contract with teachers union
The new contract, approved by the school board this week, includes a 13 percent pay increase over three years.
View ArticleLewiston School Committee requests more info on cannabis testing kits
Superintendent Jake Langlais proposed the kits as a tool for administrators and resource officers when there is probable cause to believe students have cannabis products or are using those products on...
View ArticleLibertarian group sues to block student debt cancellation
the lawsuit was filed in federal court in Indiana, one of several states that plan to tax any student debt canceled by President Biden’s plan.
View ArticleAs strain on public school educators continues, Thomas College looks to...
The college has altered requirements that will allow students pursuing an education degree to work as substitute teachers and ed techs in public schools struggling to fill those positions.
View ArticleVirginia students protest governor’s transgender policies
One policy would require a parent or guardian sign-off on names or pronouns different to what's on the student's official record.
View ArticleConversation with author Machado at Colby College to kick off first Maine Lit...
Carmen Maria Machado, who wrote the celebrated "In the Dream House," spoke this week ahead of the festival and weighed in on rising efforts to ban books from school libraries.
View ArticleRepublican states sue Biden administration over student loan plan
It’s at least the second legal challenge this week to the sweeping debt-relief proposal laid out by President Biden in late August.
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