Staffing shortages spotlight critical role and special skills of school bus...
For Portland students heading back to Lyman Moore Middle School and Ocean Avenue Elementary School on Wednesday, it was exciting to be back on Ms. Lisa's bus.
View ArticleBates College ranked among least economically diverse elite universities in U.S.
A New York Times analysis of 286 elite colleges and universities found that the Lewiston school has one of the lowest percentages of the low-income students who qualify for Pell Grants. Bowdoin and...
View ArticleUNE president says school’s Morocco campus not impacted by deadly earthquake
James Herbert said he was devastated to learn about Friday night's earthquake but grateful that the Tangier campus was not affected.
View ArticleBlack history is ‘being attacked.’ These parents found alternatives.
After Florida began changing its teaching standards on Black history, Kristin Fulwylie Thomas, a former political organizer, quit her job and decided to work full time on a nonprofit she had founded in...
View Article‘Everyone is in shock and mourning all the lost ones,’ U.S. students at UNE...
Jack Hooker and Amaya West, students at UNE's Morocco campus, recount the last few days in Tangier. Since the quake hit, an atmosphere of shock and sadness has fallen over the city, they say.
View ArticleUNE students hunt for ways to develop shark deterrent for fishermen
They are studying how low-level electrical impulses might be used to repel sharks from stealing the catch of commercial and recreational fishermen.
View ArticleUMaine System hopes to invest $1.2 billion in 400 projects over the next 5 years
Saying an investment in the schools' infrastructure is overdue, leaders of the system and the individual universities laid out capital plans for the next 5 years at a board of trustees meeting Monday.
View ArticleHeat-related school closures prompt Winthrop family to donate 14 air...
The donation provides each classroom at Winthrop Grade School with an air conditioner.
View ArticleSchool districts grapple with vaping in high schools
Some are considering installing vape detectors in restrooms, but there is no easy solution for what some educators consider a public health crisis.
View ArticleWestbrook High placed in lockout after student brings unloaded gun to school
A 14-year-old student was taken into custody Thursday and charged with theft of a firearm and terrorizing.
View ArticleBiden responds to Livermore Falls student’s letter about climate change
'Always remember — when you make your voice heard, adults listen,' President Biden wrote to Cooper Stevenson, now 9.
View ArticleChina school has a new well but concerns over water contamination linger
RSU 18 is working with the state to install a filtration system for the well that was dug over the summer for China Middle School, which contended last year with unacceptably high levels of PFAS and...
View ArticleCentral Maine Community College contracts with local hotel to house students
The college has experienced record student enrollment in the last few years.
View ArticleCasco Bay High School evacuated after police receive text about active shooter
The Portland school superintendent said police found no evidence of a threat, and students were allowed back in the building at about 11 a.m.
View ArticleReport of student with weapon at Kents Hill School sends 4 campuses into...
Police did not find weapons at the private college preparatory school in Readfield after searching the campus.
View ArticleUNE to offer new graduate degree in mental health
The University of New England will launch the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program in fall 2025.
View ArticlePortland school district launches Wabanaki studies and Black history curriculums
The Wabanaki studies curriculums for kindergarten, first, third and seventh grades are complete and in use in Portland classrooms this school year.
View ArticlePatrick Dempsey talks career, high school, bestows wisdom on Leavitt High...
Dempsey gave students a half hour to ask their questions, most of which pertained to his local upbringing and career.
View ArticleLewiston accident is latest crash involving Maine school bus
No one was injured and there was no significant damage when a car struck a school bus Friday morning in Lewiston, but accidents involving school buses are far too common, officials say.
View ArticleCurtain rising on musical that Cape High senior started in middle school
Hadley Johnson wrote the music, lyrics and book for 'Afterthought.' She's also the director, choreographer and star.
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