Brunswick schools explore consolidating with another district into a ‘service...
BRUNSWICK — The Brunswick School Department is exploring consolidation of town schools with another school district. At a special School Board workshop, Superintendent Paul Perzanoski said the...
View ArticlePolice: Substitute teacher encouraged students to smoke pot
SOMERSWORTH, N.H. —Police in New Hampshire have charged a former substitute teacher who they say encouraged middle school students to smoke pot and gave one student a vaping device. Twenty-year-old...
View ArticleHigh school graduation rate reaches a record high
The nation’s graduation rate rose again to a record high, with more than 84 percent of students graduating on time in 2016, according to data released Monday by the U.S. Department of Education. That...
View ArticleColorado school board scraps long-fought voucher program
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — A new anti-voucher majority on a suburban Denver school district board voted Monday night to eliminate a program enacted by an earlier conservative-dominated board to help public...
View ArticlePanel should streamline evaluations of Maine charter schools, experts say
AUGUSTA — The Maine Charter School Commission should standardize and streamline the way it oversees charter schools to better track how they are performing, according to an external review by education...
View ArticleBoard debates how to oversee renovation projects at 4 Portland schools
Now that voters have approved a $64.3 million bond to renovate Longfellow, Lyseth, Presumpscot and Reiche elementary schools, the Portland Board of Education is figuring out how to organize the...
View ArticleKaplan University closes South Portland campus
SOUTH PORTLAND — Kaplan University, a for-profit, largely online college best known for offering career-building degree programs, has closed its campus on Western Avenue and consolidated its operations...
View ArticleBrown University begins investigation of hazing on men’s swimming, diving team
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Brown University says it has launched an investigation into alleged hazing on the men’s varsity swimming and diving team at the Ivy League school, after a probe by its student...
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Campus puppy party helps UMF students, staff relieve stress
FARMINGTON — Seven cute and fuzzy golden retriever puppies were a big hit with the nearly 500 students and staff who came to de-stress at a puppy party held Wednesday at the University of Maine at...
View ArticleMaine school officials alarmed about rising popularity of vaping
Vaping is a growing substance abuse concern at high schools around the nation, and students in Maine are more likely to have tried an e-cigarette or vaporizer to inhale an aerosol that can contain...
View ArticleMore than 100 Maine schools look to launch regional service centers
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Education said last week that it has received nearly two dozen proposals from 102 schools that want to launch new regional centers. Maine’s shrinking, largely rural...
View ArticleHall-Dale youth athletic director ranks among top in U.S.
FARMINGDALE — Colin Roy never wanted to be a high school athletic director, but after more than 40 years in education, including nearly three decades as an athletic administrator, he’s being honored...
View ArticleMECA’s new president sees arts education as key to navigating an...
Laura Freid has a resume peppered with Ivy League schools that led to a globe-trotting job with a world-famous musician, which she left to become the newest president of Maine College of Art. “I wanted...
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The changing face of Maine’s classrooms
LEWISTON — Pointing to the words on the page, Ja’Syiah Doyle reads out “I . . . am . . . a . . . CROC-odile!” then tips her head sideways and turns on her megawatt grin to kindergarten teacher Lynn...
View ArticlePanel vote supports retired Jay teacher’s age discrimination, retaliation claims
AUGUSTA — A human rights panel has sided with a teacher from Jay who said he was a victim of age discrimination by a central Maine school district when his Advanced Placement history classes were taken...
View ArticleAuburn middle school assistant principal convicted of OUI
AUBURN — The assistant principal at the city’s middle school was convicted Wednesday of operating under the influence of alcohol and leaving the scene of an accident. A jury of eight men and four women...
View ArticleCape Elizabeth picks Maranacook school chief as its superintendent, ending...
CAPE ELIZABETH — After a nearly two-year process and a couple of false starts, the School Board has selected the superintendent of Regional School Unit 38 in Readfield to become Cape Elizabeth’s school...
View ArticleNoble High School named state winner in STEAM competition
Noble High School in North Berwick has been named the Maine state winner in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest, a program that encourages teachers and students to solve real-world issues in their...
View ArticleAll together, Casco Bay High School seniors march toward their future
The temperature is barely 20 degrees, the sidewalk in front of the Portland Museum of Art is a sheet of ice, and Ray Intwari has forgotten his gloves. But the 18-year-old senior is beaming anyway when...
View ArticleFamily of late Monmouth woman honors her legacy with education grant
Nancy Ludewig may have been one of Monmouth’s most engaged citizens – she taught at the town’s grade school, raised funds for the expansion of the Cumston Hall Library and organized an annual quilt...
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