Washington protesters declare opposition to education secretary choice
WASHINGTON — A crowd of teachers, parents and children gathered Sunday near the U.S. Capitol to protest the nomination of Betsy DeVos as education secretary, calling the Michigan billionaire a threat...
View ArticlePortland superintendent denounces alleged hate crime
Portland’s superintendent of schools on Sunday evening denounced an alleged hate crime targeting four black students that took place Friday afternoon outside Casco Bay High School on Allen Avenue. In...
View ArticleSchool bus crashes head-on into tree in Sanford
A school bus carrying three elementary school students crashed head-on into a tree Monday morning in Sanford. An adult bus monitor and three students – one 5-year-old and two 8-year-olds – were on the...
View ArticleProposal has UMaine Machias as regional campus of Orono as early as July
The University of Maine at Machias would become a “regional campus” of the flagship University of Maine campus in Orono as soon as July under a proposal presented Monday to the system trustees. “This...
View ArticleMore than 300 from Casco Bay High march to decry alleged hate crime in Portland
More than 300 students and staff members from Casco Bay High School in Portland marched Monday afternoon from the school to the Allen Avenue bus stop to express support for the four black students who...
View ArticleSchool shootings go up when economy goes down
WASHINGTON — School shootings rise when the economy tanks, according to a new study of U.S. schools, even as violent crime in general appears to be unaffected. Researchers analyzed data from 379...
View ArticleLeaders of Maine’s private colleges denounce Trump’s immigration order
While several of Maine’s private higher education leaders denounced President Trump’s immigration order Monday, calling it inhumane and threatening, top officials in the University of Maine System...
View ArticleInteractive map: Compared with other states, charter schools play a tiny role...
Compared to most other states, charter schools – privately-operated schools that compete with traditional public schools – play an extremely small role in Maine’s education system, according to...
View ArticlePortland Adult Education receives $45,000 donation
Bank of America has donated $45,000 to Portland Adult Education for the New Mainers Resource Center, to be disbursed over three years to the resource center, which serves immigrants, asylum seekers and...
View ArticleRallies planned for 4 Casco Bay High School students who were hate crime targets
Hundreds of high school students from across Portland plan to hold rallies Friday to show support for the four black Casco Bay High School students who were the targets of a hate crime last week....
View ArticleAfter-school class a hit with Massachusetts middle-schoolers
LOWELL, Mass. — Seventh-grader Fernanda Lozano is trying to replicate “Take Me to Church”– the popular song you may have heard over and over again on the radio. Sitting at a MacBook Air laptop, the...
View ArticleMaine Republicans accuse Portland schools chief of politicizing alleged hate...
On the day that Portland police charged a 20-year-old man with a hate crime against a group of Portland high school students, the state Republican Party criticized the superintendent of the city’s...
View ArticleMarijuana is still illegal, as far as Maine’s colleges and universities are...
Colleges and marijuana may be linked in the public consciousness, but the two still don’t go together in Maine – not officially, at least – despite the drug’s legalization earlier this week. Colleges...
View ArticleCharter school hoping to occupy old court building in Skowhegan
SKOWHEGAN — It was a long “perp walk” 25 years ago for inmates from the old county jail on Court Street to the old District Court on Water Street. The former jail is now the Somerset Grist Mill with 11...
View ArticleUNE receives solid grades from two leading credit-rating firms
The University of New England said it has received solid grades from two of the leading credit-rating firms, Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings. Officials at the Maine-based private university...
View ArticleMaine senators on losing side in opposing DeVos nomination
Both of Maine’s U.S. senators were on the losing side of an effort to prevent billionaire school voucher advocate Betsy DeVos from becoming secretary of education in President Trump’s Cabinet....
View ArticleACLU says Lewiston schools fail to adequately serve some students
LEWISTON – The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine says three groups have sent a letter to the Lewiston School Department saying the district has failed to adequately serve students of color and...
View ArticleManchester parents worried about mold in elementary school to push for more...
MANCHESTER — A parent of a 6-year-old who attends Manchester Elementary School said Tuesday she and others continue to ask why the school district didn’t tell parents that mold had been found in...
View ArticleWater damage, possible mold found in additional tests at Manchester school
Additional air quality testing prompted by the discovery of mold at Manchester Elementary School revealed water damage and a recommendation to close the stage area at the school, according to an email...
View ArticleStudent group asks USM to cancel appearance by conservative legislator
A student activist group at the University of Southern Maine is calling on the administration to cancel an appearance by a conservative state legislator whose political career has been marked by...
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