United Way-backed Thrive2027 aims to make Portland area more affordable,...
The backers of a new effort to improve the quality of life in Greater Portland didn’t start with traditional grant writing or pitching for finances. They started with listening. For six months, the...
View ArticleReady, set, snow! South Portland school to kick off monthlong winter health...
SOUTH PORTLAND — Skillin Elementary School, one of Maine’s largest and most diverse elementary schools, will represent Cumberland County and help to promote the 2018 Winter Games coordinated by the...
View ArticleTopsham planners OK site plan for new Mt. Ararat High School
TOPSHAM — With unanimous site plan approval from the Planning Board Tuesday, construction of a new Mt. Ararat High School passed a critical hurdle toward completion in fall 2020. New baseball and...
View ArticleColby College expands financial aid initiative
As part of the school’s financial aid commitment, students admitted to Colby College in Waterville who come from families earning less than $60,000 a year and assets typical of that income range will...
View ArticleDozens more selective colleges join pledge to add lower-income students
Dozens more selective colleges and universities have joined a pact to recruit more students from low-to-moderate income families, nearly tripling the total that launched the effort a year ago. The...
View ArticleAir quality improves at Manchester Elementary after push from parents
MANCHESTER — After scores of parents raised concerns earlier this year about the air quality at Manchester Elementary School, Regional School Unit 38 officials spent more than $100,000 to improve the...
View ArticleTopsham planners OK site plan for new Mt. Ararat High School
TOPSHAM — With unanimous site plan approval from the Planning Board on Dec. 19, construction of a new Mt. Ararat High School passed a critical hurdle toward completion in fall 2020. New baseball and...
View ArticleScarborough High wrestler with one leg finding a home after years of hardship
SCARBOROUGH — Wrestling is a good fit for Sam Leishman because the Scarborough High senior has been grappling with hardship all his life. “Wrestling is kind of like life,” he said. “You go through your...
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Baxter Academy set to open new Portland building
PORTLAND — Baxter Academy for Technology and Science will welcome students next week to a new, custom-outfitted location on Lancaster Street. The move means that for the first time in several years all...
View ArticleLewiston High School student charged after school closed by hoax
LEWISTON — Police say the student threat to Lewiston High School this week was a hoax. Classes remain canceled Wednesday, but the building will be open for afternoon sports and adult education. Police...
View ArticleFeature obituary: Clarence Pinette, former teacher at Cape Elizabeth High...
Clarence Pinette, a former chemistry teacher at Cape Elizabeth High School whose passion for education inspired his students, died Dec. 21. He was 92. Mr. Pinette began his career at Limestone High...
View ArticleAutistic student’s appeal in novel Maine disability rights case to begin in...
BOSTON — A Maine teenager with autism and a rare neurological syndrome that affects his speaking ability cannot talk to his parents about his school day the same way other students can. So his family...
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New Cape Elizabeth school chief gets 3-year, $135,000 contract
CAPE ELIZABETH — The School Board this week agreed to a three-year contract with new Superintendent of Schools Donna H. Wolfrom. Donna H. Wolfrom, superintendent of schools in Regional School Unit 38,...
View ArticleUMaine System 2 years ahead of its goal of sourcing 20 percent of its food...
The University of Maine System announced Tuesday that it already has surpassed the goal it set to source 20 percent of its food from local growers and producers by 2020. A leader in sourcing local...
View ArticleParents, teachers voice objections to reconfiguring Gorham elementary schools
More than 80 parents and teachers packed a Gorham School Committee workshop Wednesday to protest the possible reconfiguration of the town’s elementary schools. Gorham is one of the fastest growing...
View ArticleState university system drafting policy to limit faculty’s political,...
The University of Maine System board of trustees is considering a new policy governing faculty involvement in legislative and political affairs that some professors fear may inhibit their ability to...
View ArticleWisconsin school apologizes for slavery lesson that went awry
MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin private school that asked fourth graders to list three good reasons for slavery and three bad ones apologized to parents after the mother of a black student shared the...
View ArticleHandcuffed teacher says school board head should resign
ABBEVILLE, La. — The Louisiana teacher who was arrested after questioning her superintendent’s pay raise at a school board meeting called Thursday for the board president’s resignation. Deyshia...
View ArticleDevos had link to winner of student loan collection contract
A company that once had financial ties to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was one of two firms selected Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education to help the agency collect overdue student loans....
View ArticleGeorge Will: How merit-based college admissions became so unfair
During World War I, chemist James Conant was deeply involved in research on what was considered the worst imaginable weapon: poison gas. During World War II, as a science adviser to President Franklin...
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