Sanford officials investigate videotaped clash between student, teacher
Sanford officials are investigating comments made by a longtime substitute teacher in a videotaped conversation with a student. In a video posted Thursday night to Twitter by @brodyahmar, the student...
View ArticleMaine substitute teacher let go after telling a student Trump would kick him...
The Sanford School Department says a longtime substitute teacher who was recorded on videotape having a politically charged conversation with a student is no longer employed by the district. The female...
View ArticleFederal appeals court agrees to hear Eves’ appeal of lawsuit over LePage’s...
In a highly unusual move, the full 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to rehear an appeal of a federal court ruling dismissing former Maine House Speaker Mark Eves’ lawsuit against Gov. Paul...
View ArticleFaculty’s concerns prompt UMaine System to change political speech policy
University of Maine System officials are changing a proposed policy on who can lobby or speak on behalf of the system, after some professors raised concerns that the policy could restrict their free...
View ArticleLawmakers consider ‘food shaming’ ban in Maine schools
AUGUSTA — During a senior class assembly last year at one Maine high school, a principal called forward mortified students to warn them in front of their classmates that they would not be able to...
View ArticleNew Mexico 5th-grader accidentally brings THC-laced gummies to school
A 9-year-old student in New Mexico gave fellow students gummies – only to realize later they were not ordinary candies. The candies apparently had been laced with tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the...
View ArticleRevised Scarborough school times meet opposition
SCARBOROUGH — Critics of a change in school start times are using an online petition to press school officials to reconsider before the changes take effect in the fall. The change.org petition, signed...
View ArticleWomen now outnumber men in medical schools
Gifty Dominah cannot remember a time growing up that she did not think about becoming a doctor. “When I was 5 years old, and my dad would ask me what I wanted to be, I would say, ‘A doctor,'” she said....
View ArticleEnglish language learners, special education students increase in South Portland
SOUTH PORTLAND — The number of students who are homeless or qualify for free or reduced-price meals is down this year, along with overall enrollment, Superintendent Ken Kunin reported Monday to city...
View ArticleBill seeks additional restrictions on ‘double dipping’ by state retirees
AUGUSTA — Organizations representing teachers, school administrators and state employees warned against preventing retirees from collecting both a pension and a paycheck at a time when many schools are...
View ArticleSchool officials oppose bill to allow guns in cars on school grounds
Dozens of school leaders spoke out Wednesday against proposed legislation that would allow people picking up or dropping off students at schools to have an unloaded gun in their car if the weapon was...
View ArticleBill would forbid schools from denying lunch to students who can’t pay
Maine schools would not be permitted to deny a meal to any student – even if that student doesn’t have lunch money – under a bill endorsed 8-3 Thursday by lawmakers on the Legislature’s Committee on...
View ArticlePortland getting more in state school funding, Cape is getting less
Portland Public Schools is getting slightly more in state funding this year, while wealthier communities in the Greater Portland region saw decreases, according to state education funding figures...
View ArticleBill would restore money slashed from school-based health clinics
School-based health clinics that were forced to slash programs after having their funding unexpectedly cut in last year’s budget deal may get a one-time infusion of unspent state funds to restore...
View ArticleVermont school flies Black Lives Matter flag
MONTPELIER, Vt. — A Vermont high school Thursday began flying a Black Lives Matter flag in what officials said was a commitment to make the mostly white institution more inclusive. The student-led flag...
View ArticleCape Elizabeth launches school renovation discussion
CAPE ELIZABETH — With guidance from a team of engineers and architects, the town has started discussing improvements to its three public schools. A preliminary estimate of the project’s cost is as much...
View ArticleUMaine professor placed on leave in wake of complaints
ORONO – Officials with the University of Maine say the school has placed a professor on paid leave in the wake of complaints from students. UMaine spokeswoman Margaret Nagle says English professor...
View ArticleThreat against Portland Catholic school found to be meritless
A threat of violence made against St. Brigid School was deemed without merit after an investigation by Portland police and federal authorities. The Catholic school on Stevens Avenue was closed Tuesday...
View ArticleKennebunk High theater manager leaves job after Facebook ruse
Kennebunk school officials announced Wednesday that a theater manager who came under fire for his use of social media is leaving his job at the district and will no longer be involved with the winter...
View ArticleCreationist’s speech canceled at Oklahoma university
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma university canceled a planned speech by the founder of a Kentucky museum dedicated to creationism after the student body president said he got pushback on the event....
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