University of Maine at Presque Isle president leaving
The president of the University of Maine at Presque Isle, Linda Schott, is leaving to be president of Southern Oregon University, the University of Maine System announced Monday. “President Linda...
View ArticleFeds seek shutdown of largest accreditor of for-profit colleges
BOSTON — The U.S. Department of Education is taking the first step to close the nation’s biggest accreditor of for-profit colleges. Department staff recommended Wednesday that the Accrediting Council...
View ArticleSAD 6 nepotism policy got short shrift in hiring of superintendent’s son
School Administrative District 6 board officials knew that hiring the superintendent’s son as an ed tech might violate the district’s nepotism policy, but there is no indication they read the policy in...
View ArticleIncoming Portland superintendent tours schools ahead of July 1 start
Xavier Botana, the incoming superintendent for Portland Public Schools, spent many years teaching English as a second language prior to becoming an administrator. But for the last six, while he was...
View ArticleCasco Bay High students cast off for summer with cardboard boat races
SOUTH PORTLAND — Tanner Nussinow wasn’t overly optimistic about his chances of paddling his cardboard pirate ship to victory, but that did little to dampen his spirits. The Casco Bay High School...
View ArticleSouthern Maine schools dealing with superintendent deficit
About 15 years ago, the University of Southern Maine offered a program to put aspiring superintendents on a fast track to get certified for the position. About two dozen educators took the course and...
View ArticleIncoming Portland schools chief faces depleted leadership team
Three top administrators are leaving the Portland School District, two to become superintendents elsewhere in the state, just as a new superintendent begins work July 5. Chief Academic Officer Becky...
View ArticleSanford school budget headed for second referendum
After some confusion about an unusual city charter provision that sets a threshold for the number of voters needed to reject budgets, Sanford officials have determined a second vote on the proposed...
View ArticlePortland school board endorses $70 million renovation plan
After dozens of people spoke about a desperate need to improve four elementary schools, Portland’s school board voted 6-2 Tuesday night to ask the City Council to propose a $70 million bond to voters...
View ArticleEight teachers named semifinalists for Maine Teacher of the Year
A Yarmouth middle school teacher is one of eight semifinalists for the Maine 2017 Teacher of the Year, state education officials announced Thursday. The eight were selected from among the 2016 County...
View ArticleTexas university admissions office can consider race, Supreme Court rules
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday said admissions officials at the University of Texas may consider the race of student applicants in a limited way to build a diverse student body. The 4-to-3...
View ArticleSex assault charges being dismissed against former Sacopee Valley ed tech
Prosecutors in Oxford County are dropping two sexual assault charges against Zachariah Sherburne after determining that the 23-year-old former education technician at Sacopee Valley High School had...
View ArticleColby to present plans for 3 athletic fields
WATERVILLE — Colby College plans to start building three athletic fields this fall on about 19 acres behind the Harold Alfond Athletic Center, with a goal of having them completed and ready for use in...
View ArticleUMaine hosts program on stormwater management
ORONO – High school students and teachers from Maine and elsewhere in the country are coming to the University of Maine for a program to create environmental solutions to stormwater management. The...
View ArticleProvost of UMaine Presque Isle named interim president
The University of Maine System has named the provost of the University of Maine at Presque Isle to the presidency of the school. Chancellor James H. Page on Wednesday announced Dr. Raymond J. Rice’s...
View ArticleGood Will-Hinckley charter school names new president
FAIRFIELD — Good Will-Hinckley announced Friday that former Regional School Unit 74 Superintendent Kenneth Coville has been chosen to be its president and director of development, while Rob Moody, who...
View ArticlePortland school bond vote unlikely to happen in November
A $70 million bond to improve four elementary schools in Portland is not likely to appear on the ballot this November, as many parents and some elected officials had hoped. That’s because the City...
View ArticleUniversity of Maine System names new vice chancellor
The University of Maine System has selected an academic official from Texas to lead the system’s One University Initiative. As vice chancellor for academic affairs, Robert Neely is expected to work to...
View ArticleNew principal of Westbrook High School appointed
Westbrook High School will have a new principal when classes begin in September. The Westbrook School Committee voted unanimously Tuesday evening to appoint Kelli A. Deveaux to the position, according...
View ArticleSuperintendents urge LePage to appoint permanent education commissioner
The Maine School Superintendents Association is calling on Gov. Paul LePage to appoint a permanent education commissioner. Officials from the association said in a letter dated June 30 that the...
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