Maine launches $1 million ad campaign to attract teachers amid shortage
The initiative is funded with pandemic relief money and quantifies for the first time the number of educator vacancies in Maine: over 850.
View ArticleMaine lawmakers question education chief over failing early childhood program
Legislators called the Child Development Services agency 'broken.' Education Commissioner Pender Makin said little to ease their concerns.
View ArticlePortland Public Schools inaugurates new board members
Three members and 6 student representatives are sworn into office.
View ArticleIvy League presidents reckon with backlash over remarks about campus...
Much of the blowback centered on a heated line of questioning from Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., who repeatedly asked whether 'calling for the genocide of Jews' would violate each university's code of...
View ArticlePrincipal of Connors Elementary School in Lewiston responds to sex assault...
Donald Ferrara's attorney, Walter McKee, firmly denied all allegations and said his client plans to appeal the protection order.
View ArticlePenn president resigns amid backlash to her testimony on antisemitism
The announcement came a day before Penn's board of trustees was set to meet amid the growing leadership crisis.
View ArticleMaine’s poorest students still face burdens, despite state’s free community...
More low-income students have enrolled in the Maine Community College System since free tuition was introduced, but many were already getting free tuition under federal grant programs and still...
View ArticleWinthrop School District one of several to report issues with new electric...
Two of Winthrop's brand-new Lion Electric Company school buses have not hit the road yet because of malfunctioning windshields, Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said. Yarmouth and Vinalhaven have experienced...
View ArticleFirearm found in Noble High School student’s backpack
The discovery was made after the student was stopped on suspicion of violating the school's tobacco and vaping policy.
View ArticleHarvard president to remain on job after anger over testimony on antisemitism
Harvard President Claudine Gay received support from the university's top governing board on Tuesday following days of backlash and calls for her removal after recent testimony at a hearing on...
View ArticleFlorida fines high school for allowing transgender student to play girls...
The school was fined $16,500 and the girl was barred from playing boys sports for 11 months.
View ArticleSouth Portland aims to diversify by reshuffling school districts
But the ongoing process, meant to address racial, socioeconomic and achievement disparities, leaves some stakeholders worried about the effects of the fix.
View ArticleSchool staffing shortages are leading to larger class sizes across the U.S.
More than 1 in 4 of the nation's public schools coped with teacher and staff shortages by creating larger classes, according to data released Thursday by the National Center for Education Statistics.
View ArticleAugusta school board votes down transgender-inclusive policy
Some school board members argued the policy needs more work, but others said there was plenty of time for adjustments since the document was introduced nearly a year ago.
View ArticleThornton Academy’s inclusive classes aim to reflect the real world
The Saco high school launched three classes this year where students with disabilities learn alongside their nondisabled peers.
View ArticleBowdoin College offering employees up to $50,000 in forgivable loans to buy...
The program, believed to be the first of its kind in Maine, is part of a trend of employers considering big perks to attract and retain employees in a challenging housing market.
View ArticleThese kids want to go to school. The main obstacle? Paperwork.
Onerous re-enrollment requirements, arcane paperwork and the everyday obstacles of poverty are preventing those children from going back.
View ArticleHalf of challenged books return to schools. LGBTQ books are banned most.
Books about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer lives were 30% more likely to be yanked, The Washington Post found.
View ArticleStudents at now-closed Connecticut nursing school sue state officials, say...
Stone Academy's 3 campuses were shuttered in February.
View ArticleHarvard president resigns amid plagiarism claims, backlash from antisemitism...
A House committee announced Thursday it will investigate the policies and disciplinary procedures at Harvard, MIT and Penn.
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