UMaine System posts first look at plan for $150 million graduate center
An ambitious $150 million proposal by the University of Maine System to create a new graduate center for business, law and public policy in Portland would be phased in slowly, with first-stage funding...
View ArticleRolling Stone writer called for retraction of discredited gang-rape article
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Journalist Sabrina Rubin Erdely fired off an email to Rolling Stone editors in the middle of the night with a sobering subject line: “Our worst nightmare.” She wrote that she no...
View ArticleSome Maine schools with polling stations opt to close on Election Day
A number of Maine schools that serve as Election Day polling places are canceling classes on Nov. 8, citing big crowds, possible parking and traffic issues, and student safety. Officials at schools...
View ArticleAre your school’s employees qualified? The state doesn’t know
State education officials don’t know whether every employee who works with Maine students – from teachers to bus drivers – has passed a criminal background check or is properly credentialed. To ensure...
View ArticleUniversity trustees support ambitious Maine graduate center
The University of Maine System trustees voted unanimously Sunday to support a first-stage $15 million plan to create a new graduate center for business, law and public policy in Portland. The vote,...
View ArticleWindham’s Richard Nickerson receives Grammy educator nomination
Richard Nickerson, director of choral activities at Windham High School, has been nominated for the 2017 Music Educator Award, created by the Recording Academy and Grammy Foundation to recognize...
View ArticleStudents accused of putting noose on black player
WIGGINS, Miss. — The president of the Mississippi NAACP is demanding a federal hate crime investigation after the parents of a black high school student said as many as four white students put a noose...
View ArticleReport: Income gap reflected in Maine students’ achievements
Educate Maine, a business advocacy group tracking the health of Maine’s educational system, says that despite progress in early education, income inequality has continued to slow attempts to close...
View ArticleTrump tops Clinton in Maine’s student mock election
AUGUSTA — Maine students chose Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton for president during a mock election Wednesday, with Trump receiving 10,785 votes, or 42.3 percent, to Clinton’s 10,077, 39.5 percent....
View ArticleIn science, students in Maine outshine national average
Maine students continued to score above the national average in science on the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress test, according to data released Thursday. Nationally, there was a...
View ArticleMassachusetts governor uses clout on charter school issue
BOSTON — Charlie Baker may be one of the most popular governors in the country, but critics say he has been reluctant to spend down his political capital on potentially bruising policy fights. That is,...
View ArticlePanel urged to boost state funding for school districts with disadvantaged...
AUGUSTA — The education finance reform commission should consider increasing state funding for school districts with large numbers of disadvantaged students and getting money faster to schools that add...
View ArticleFormer USM hockey coach sues University of Maine System
A former University of Southern Maine men’s hockey coach is suing the University of Maine System, saying he was forced into taking an early retirement early last year based on an anonymous false claim...
View ArticleUMaine System panel OKs plan for off-campus USM housing in Portland
Students at the University of Southern Maine will likely have a new off-campus housing option next fall in Bayside Village apartments in Portland. On Wednesday, the University of Maine System trustees’...
View ArticleGraffiti of Crusades’ rallying cry investigated as possible hate crime at USM
University of Southern Maine police are investigating a possible hate crime after graffiti was found in the student government offices, officials said Thursday. A student who is known to at least one...
View ArticleUMaine System records enrollment increase for the first time since 2003
Reversing a steady, decade-plus decline, fall enrollment at the University of Maine System has increased. Across all seven campuses, the fall 2016 headcount is 29,465 students, up 1.6 percent from last...
View ArticleTwo USM student senators resign positions after anti-Muslim graffiti incident
GORHAM — Two student senators at the University of Southern Maine resigned their positions Friday after students protested how they handled the discovery of anti-Muslim graffiti in the student...
View ArticleMany of Maine’s 1 percent will likely seek loopholes if voters pass school...
If Maine voters approve Question 2, the income tax surcharge on the wealthy to fund K-12 education, many of the state’s highest earners will likely find ways to avoid paying it, several economists...
View ArticleFlier found at Bates College denounced as ‘voter suppression’ attempt
Maine’s secretary of state Sunday denounced what he characterized as an effort to discourage students at Bates College from voting in Tuesday’s election. Secretary of State Matt Dunlap said a flier...
View ArticleCommission votes to renew charters for two Maine schools
The Maine Charter School Commission voted unanimously to renew the charters of the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences in Hinckley and the Cornville Regional Charter School. The commission voted Tuesday...
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