High costs, loss of local identity drive Litchfield to consider withdrawing...
The town is not officially withdrawing from the school district, but a committee met for the first time Thursday to begin discussing options the town has if residents decide to more forward.
View ArticleRichmond residents voice concerns, questions about withdrawal from RSU 2...
A public hearing held Monday drew roughly 25 Richmond residents, most of whom were in favor of withdrawing from Regional School Unit 2.
View ArticlePortland school district approves 3-year ed-tech contract
The deal follows a year of negotiations and comes as the district grapples with a shortage of education technicians in classrooms.
View ArticleGates Foundation donates $1 billion to prioritize math education
But it will cut grants to other subjects like reading, writing, and the arts.
View ArticleBiden says nearly 22 million have already requested student loan relief
President Biden blasted Republicans who have criticized his relief program, saying 'their outrage is wrong and it’s hypocritical.'
View ArticleAppeals court temporarily halts Biden’s student debt relief program
The decision arrives a day after a lower court dismissed the states' lawsuit for lack of standing.
View ArticleStudent loan relief to move ahead despite hold, education secretary says
The six Republican-led states – Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina – have argued that the debt relief would lead to a drop in revenue stemming from the loans that were set to...
View ArticleStudent test scores fall coast to coast, especially in math, under pandemic’s...
Declines were seen among high- and lower-performing students alike, for both fourth- and eighth-graders in math and reading.
View ArticleUNE team gets $6.6 million grant to explore eye pain, potential treatments
With the National Eye Institute award, a University of New England scientist will look at how eye damage takes its physical and emotional toll.
View ArticleCompanies lure hourly workers with college tuition perks
Walmart, Amazon and Chipotle have made free higher education accessible for to more than 3 million U.S. workers, but critics question whether the move is glossing over deeper issues.
View ArticleMaine students’ math and reading scores plummet during pandemic
The first comprehensive look at how the nation's students are faring after two years of pandemic learning shows decades of academic progress erased – in Maine and nationwide.
View ArticleSchools got $122 billion to reopen last year. Most has not been used.
School systems throughout the country reported using less than 15% of the latest round of federal education funding allotted to them during the last school year.
View ArticleSt. Louis school gunman had AR-15-style weapon, 600 rounds of ammo
Orlando Harris, who was killed by police, left behind a hand-written note offering his explanation for the shooting Monday at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School.
View ArticleWith construction nearing an end, $18 million downtown Waterville art center...
The Paul J. Schupf Art Center is scheduled to open about a week before Christmas and one Colby College official said Tuesday that it's "going to bring people into the heart of downtown all the time."
View ArticleUNE receives $300,000 to support scholarships for public health program
The donation is from the Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation.
View ArticleNew Lisbon town manager ‘down to Earth,’‘transparent’
Michalowski, has held numerous roles in municipal government, including a recent three-year tenure as the assistant town manager in Maplewood, New Jersey.
View ArticleHaystack Mountain School of Crafts hires new executive director
The summer program for arists and craftmakers, located in picturesque Deer Isle, announced that Perry Price will take over for outgoing director Paul Sacaridiz.
View ArticleBiddeford school leader named Superintendent of the Year
Jeremy Ray now leads the Biddeford, Dayton and Saco school districts. Biddeford's mayor says Ray is a pragmatic problem-solver who helps other school leaders.
View ArticleCape Elizabeth High School closed Friday because of COVID-19 outbreak
The school board voted against a mask mandate, but the closure will allow custodial staff to conduct a deep cleaning of the building.
View ArticleSchools prepare for more illness after outbreak at Cape Elizabeth
School districts in southern Maine are focusing on mitigation strategies as federal health officials predict the worst flu season in 13 years.
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