Two of four Maine charter school applicants advance to next stage
AUGUSTA — The Maine Charter School Commission voted Tuesday to move forward with two of four groups that hope to open new charter schools in Maine. The groups applied for the last three charter school...
View ArticleCatherine McAuley High School to sever Catholic affiliation in 2016
Amid declining enrollment and the pending sale of its Portland campus, Catherine McAuley High School is dropping its affiliation with the Catholic church. Officials at the state’s only all-girls high...
View ArticleFounder Pam Wood says Salt documentary school’s assets were mismanaged
Pam Wood, the former journalist and teacher who founded Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in 1973, thinks the school has been hampered by mismanagement and a lack of aggressive fundraising and...
View ArticleSpeed limit honors Massachusetts professor fascinated by number 17
AMHERST, Mass. — A Massachusetts college has changed all the speed limit signs on campus from 15 to 17 mph to honor a retired mathematics professor who spent his career fascinated by the number 17. The...
View ArticleLater start times for middle and high schools gaining momentum in southern Maine
Shifting middle and high school start times to later in the morning as a way to improve student health appears to be gaining momentum in southern Maine, with dozens of school officials, parents and...
View ArticleMaine high schoolers flock to early college programs
A record number of Maine high school students are getting college credit by taking college-level courses at their high school or a local college, in large part to cut the rising cost of a college...
View ArticleMaine’s high school graduation rate above national average
The latest federal data show that Maine’s high school graduation rate remains above the national average. According to statistics released Monday, Maine is among 36 states that saw increases in overall...
View ArticleMaine’s acting education commissioner reverses creationism comment
The state’s new acting education commissioner said Monday that he does not support teaching creationism in Maine schools, reversing a position he took when he ran for governor in 2010. Gov. Paul LePage...
View ArticleWaterville high school principal faces dismissal hearing
WATERVILLE — Superintendent Eric Haley has recommended that Waterville Senior High School Principal Don Reiter be dismissed from his job. The Waterville Board of Education will hold a hearing Nov. 10...
View ArticleTwo Westbrook school board members face challengers
Two Westbrook School Committee members are facing challengers in the Nov. 3 election. In the race for an at-large seat, incumbent Sue Salisbury is vying against Matthew Brunner, a financial planner,...
View ArticleHow Maine’s high school graduation rate compares
The latest federal data show that Maine's high school graduation rate remains above the national average.
View ArticleSalt documentary school, Maine College of Art proceed in partnership talks
Talks on the proposed partnership between the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies and the Maine College of Art have entered a more formal stage. Representatives of the Salt institute, the school’s...
View ArticleMaine to use SAT as annual assessment for juniors
Maine education officials announced Tuesday that they plan to use the SAT as the annual state assessment for high school juniors, and a New Hampshire company for the English and math tests for...
View ArticlePortland school officials study capital improvements
After years of tight budgets, Portland School Board officials are starting to evaluate tens of millions of dollars’ worth of capital improvements, overhauling the district’s multi-year capital...
View ArticleInteractive map: Graduation rates in the 50 states
Maine's graduation rate exceeds the national average, but lags behind some of its neighbors. Explore the data to see where Maine students stand.
View ArticleObama calls for cap on time students spend taking standardized tests
WASHINGTON — Targeting one of education’s most divisive issues, President Barack Obama on Saturday called for capping standardized testing at 2 percent of classroom time and said the government shares...
View ArticleTwo groups pitch charter school proposals to Maine commission
AUGUSTA — Two groups hoping to open charter schools in Maine next fall went over details of their proposals before the Maine Charter School Commission on Monday during a series of interviews and public...
View ArticleMaine scores higher than national average on ‘Nation’s Report Card’
Maine students continued to score above the national average in math and reading on the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress test, despite a slight drop in state results since 2013,...
View Article2015 Portland Press Herald student photo contest
The Portland Press Herald is once again holding a photography contest for high school graduates currently enrolled in a Maine college, university or institution with a photography program. Entries this...
View ArticleHarvard professor hopes genealogy inspires love of science
WASHINGTON — Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. hopes to trigger a love for science, technology and math among American students by turning them on to searching for their family roots. Gates, the...
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