Education Committee endorses $40,000 minimum salary for Maine public school...
AUGUSTA — Maine’s K-12 teachers would earn at least $40,000 a year under a bill endorsed 7-2 Tuesday by lawmakers on the Legislature’s Education Committee. Differences over how to pay for that...
View ArticleAuthor Stephen King honored with endowed chair at UMaine
Best-selling horror author and University of Maine graduate Stephen King is being honored with an endowed chair in his name at the Orono school, thanks to a $1 million gift from the Alfond Foundation....
View ArticleHall School project to go to April vote
The Portland City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved rebuilding the Fred P. Hall Elementary School, sending the $29.7 million project to voters on April 5. The state has agreed to fund all but...
View ArticleAfter Windham student charged with sex assaults, superintendent sends message...
The superintendent of schools in Windham has sent an email to the school community addressing the sexual assault charges against a co-captain of the Windham High School football team. Tyrell Gullatt,...
View ArticleClasses in Cumberland, North Yarmouth to start later next year
The school district for Cumberland and North Yarmouth joined a growing national movement this week when its board of directors approved later start times for students. The 6-3 vote, taken Monday...
View ArticleUMaine student’s photo of lobster at its tiniest wins award as science’s finest
The science world has found its Gerber baby, and it’s a 3-week-old lobster from Maine. An otherworldly photo of the colorful lobster larva, taken by a University of Maine graduate student, won a...
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Q: What might be more readable but still challenge test-taking students? A:...
After its first major overhaul in a decade, a new SAT exam will launch next Thursday with fewer sections, no more vocabulary lists, an optional essay, and a much bigger emphasis on critical thinking...
View ArticleMassachusetts teenager gets life sentence for murder, rape of math teacher
SALEM, Mass. — A teenager who raped and killed his high school math teacher was sentenced Friday to life in prison with eligibility for parole in 40 years. The 2013 slaying of Danvers High School...
View ArticleSt. Paul’s to evaluate role of social media
CONCORD, N.H. — Six months after a graduate of an elite New Hampshire prep school was convicted on charges of sexual assault and using a computer to lure a 15-year-old girl for sex, the school plans a...
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Waynflete School proposing $12 million expansion in Portland’s West End
Waynflete School is proposing a major renovation and expansion project at its campus in Portland’s West End. The private prep school wants to replace old buildings that are too small for the school’s...
View ArticleImmigrants take accent-reduction class in Portland
Assouma Nyirabahizi left her home and job in Rwanda two years ago, coming to America on a green card in hopes of a brighter future. Fluent in English, with a master’s degree in computer science, she...
View ArticleAssociate professor accuses UNE of retaliating because she alleged harassment
A professor at the University of New England is suing the private college, alleging that officials there took away some of her teaching duties and other responsibilities after she accused her...
View ArticleBill would standardize Maine’s drug-abuse education policy
AUGUSTA — Spurred by Maine’s opioid addiction crisis and heroin deaths, lawmakers are considering a bill to require that state education officials prescribe how students are taught about substance...
View ArticlePanel rejects plan to have state education officials write drug prevention...
AUGUSTA — Members of the Legislature’s education committee ditched a plan Tuesday that would have required state education officials to tell local districts how to teach drug prevention classes, and...
View ArticleBallot question to increase education spending will go to voters
AUGUSTA — The campaign to increase local education funding with a surcharge on upper-income families has qualified for the November ballot. The secretary of state announced Wednesday that the Stand Up...
View ArticleUSM, Iceland join in study abroad opportunity for students
Beginning in 2017, University of Southern Maine honors students can take part in a study abroad program, traveling to Iceland for two weeks as part of a four-week summer course, college officials...
View ArticleClassrooms taking note of presidential campaign’s nastiness
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Ryan Lysek rose to become vice president of his fifth-grade class at Lorraine Academy in Buffalo, New York, after the sitting vice president got bounced for saying things that went...
View ArticleSombreros at Bowdoin ‘tequila party’ ignite controversy on campus and beyond
BRUNSWICK — A Mexican-themed party held last month at a Bowdoin College residence hall has led to talk of impeachment for two members of student government and reignited a fierce debate about racism...
View ArticleMonmouth Academy wins Maine Academic Decathlon
MONMOUTH — Monmouth Academy recently won the Maine Academic Decathlon, edging out perennial champion Scarborough High School in an all-day competition at Scarborough High. “We were in total shock to...
View ArticleColby College buys 5th building as plans for Concourse come together
WATERVILLE — Standing in the sprawling parking lot that abuts downtown, Colby College President David Greene said he envisions the drive-by area of The Concourse becoming a “walking street.” As the...
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