Boston makes deal to extend school days by 40 minutes
BOSTON — Boston school officials and union leaders have reached an agreement to add 40 minutes to the elementary and middle school day, Mayor Marty Walsh announced Friday. The agreement would affect 60...
View ArticleLePage picks adviser to be Maine’s next education commissioner
AUGUSTA –– Gov. Paul LePage on Monday appointed a new acting education chief, his second in two years. The governor tapped Tom Desjardin, his senior policy adviser for education and natural resources,...
View ArticleHuge Sanford school project, a model for secondary education, goes to city’s...
Sanford may be the site of the most expensive school construction project in state history if residents there vote Jan. 13 to accept $92 million in state funds for a new high school and technical...
View ArticleSouth Portland’s overhauled high school ready for opening bell
SOUTH PORTLAND — The holiday break ended Friday morning for the staff of South Portland High School, but no one seemed upset about being back at work. After 33 months of construction at the school, the...
View ArticleTrustees of Portland’s McAuley High School ponder relocation
The pending sale of a property that includes Portland’s Catherine McAuley High School has prompted its trustees to explore relocating the 45-year-old Catholic girls high school. John Wasileski, a...
View ArticleGorham selects lone finalist for new school superintendent
The Gorham School Committee has named a sole finalist for superintendent of the district. Heather Perry, superintendent of Unity-based Regional School Unit 3, would replace Ted Sharp, who is retiring...
View ArticleMaine educator chosen as finalist for $1 million global prize
EDGECOMB — Nancie Atwell tried to retire in 2013 after four decades as an educator, but it didn’t take. She kept finding herself back inside the cozy walls of the Center for Teaching and Learning, a...
View ArticleCircus training program takes flight in Portland
Joshua Oliver took the ends of two black straps that dangled from the exposed beam ceiling in the Circus Conservatory of America’s training center at Thompson’s Point in Portland. Taking deep breaths,...
View ArticleBush foundation’s push for digital learning included Maine
WASHINGTON — An employee of Jeb Bush’s education foundation was unequivocal when New Mexico’s top schools official needed someone to pay her travel costs to Washington to testify before Congress: The...
View ArticleMaine’s university system poised to offer in-state tuition to more veterans’...
The University of Maine System is poised to reduce tuition for military veterans’ dependents who live out of state, bringing it in line with new federal requirements for public colleges and...
View ArticleCape Elizabeth superintendent a finalist for job in Massachusetts
Cape Elizabeth Superintendent Meredith Nadeau is one of three finalists to be the superintendent of public schools in Weston, Massachusetts. Nadeau was identified Thursday in an announcement made on...
View ArticleWaynflete student’s music video tackles human trafficking
Sex trafficking is a human tragedy and its happening in Maine. That’s a message Waynflete School senior Mike Rodway and South Portland Detective. Sgt. Steve Webster are trying to spread, with a big...
View ArticleColleges increasing early admissions, favoring richer students
NEW YORK — Top colleges are filling more of their classes in early-admissions programs that favor affluent families, putting another barrier before poorer students hoping to better themselves through...
View ArticleMainers embrace idea of tuition-free community college
President Obama on Friday proposed making community college free for students who are enrolled at least half-time and make good grades, but the plan almost immediately got pushback from Republican...
View ArticleWest Bath voters decide to withdraw from RSU 1
WEST BATH — Residents of West Bath decided to pull out of Regional School Unit 1 on Tuesday, voting 468-97 to create an independent school district. West Bath narrowly achieved the 560-ballot minimum...
View ArticleTrustees give ‘very strong’ backing to Maine community college president
Trustees for the Maine Community College System say they’re standing behind President John Fitzsimmons, even though Gov. Paul LePage has called for him to resign. “The board is very strong behind...
View ArticleSanford approves $100 million school construction project
Sanford voters on Tuesday approved a $100.2 million high school and technical center that city and state officials say is the most expensive school construction project in Maine history. While most of...
View ArticleUMA online rank jumps ahead for third year in row
AUGUSTA — University of Maine at Augusta officials say an improved ranking in an annual list of the nation’s top universities for online bachelor’s degree programs by U.S. News & World Report show...
View ArticleAmazon will offer textbooks for UMass
AMHERST, Mass. — Students at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst are expected to save hundreds of dollars a year by buying textbooks from online retailing giant Amazon under a deal announced...
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