Topsham parents can’t record son’s school day, federal appeals court rules
BOSTON — A federal appeals court on Monday ruled against a Topsham, Maine, couple who sought to record the school day of their son, who has autism and a rare neurological disorder that affects his...
View ArticleUniversity of Michigan might drop ex-president’s name from building
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan is taking steps to strip the name of a former president from a campus science building. Clarence Little was president for four years in the 1920s. Critics...
View ArticleUMF President Kathryn A. Foster to leave June 30 after 6 years at college
Kathryn A. Foster, the president of the University of Maine at Farmington for the last six years, will step down from the top post to accept a new position in her native New Jersey, college officials...
View ArticleScarborough board, faced with opposition, approves revised school start times
The Scarborough school board unanimously approved revised school start times on Monday night, addressing one of several issues that have contributed to mounting controversy in the school district in...
View ArticleMaine public will get a say on dropping proficiency-based graduation standards
The public will get the chance to weigh in on a proposal to eliminate proficiency-based diplomas, state lawmakers said Tuesday. The idea, which surfaced as an amendment to a bill that would delay the...
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Bus driver fired for racist and sexist comments wins school board seat
Mike Downing stands in the RSU 16 bus depot in Poland on Tuesday afternoon. Downing was fired several weeks ago for making racist and sexist comments and has since been elected to the board of the...
View ArticleApple releases a new iPad as it refocuses on education
Apple is going head-to-head with Google in education, a market the iPhone maker helped pioneer but has let languish. For the first time in several years, Apple released hardware specific to education:...
View ArticleDozens speak out against Portland school budget cuts
Dozens of people spoke out Tuesday evening against proposed cuts to the Portland school budget, rejecting the idea of closing island schools, eliminating world languages in elementary schools and...
View ArticlePortland couple contribute $15,000 toward fund to benefit Reiche students
A Portland couple have contributed $15,000 toward a fund that will benefit Reiche Elementary School students. Catherine and Todd Alexander established the Annetta Weatherhead Fund, Portland Public...
View ArticleScarborough teachers vote ‘no confidence’ in school board, superintendent
The Scarborough teachers’ union announced Friday that 67 percent of members who participated in a recent ballot decided they have “no confidence” in the Board of Education and Superintendent Julie...
View ArticleWindham schools closed Friday as police investigate bomb threat
Windham schools were closed Friday after a bomb threat prompted the evacuation of Windham High School on Thursday afternoon. The bomb threat was found written on a bathroom wall after students were...
View ArticlePortland school finance panel rejects most budget cuts
Portland’s island schools were taken off the chopping block Friday night, with the school board finance committee rejecting the idea of closing the two elementary schools as a way to lower the tax...
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UMaine has no plan to follow Michigan in stripping former president’s name...
Clarence Cook Little, who advocated for eugenics and other racist public policies, was president of the University of Maine from April 1922 until August 1925, when he left to accept the presidency of...
View ArticleIn Oklahoma, struggling teachers revolt, plan to strike
TULSA, Okla. — For the superintendent of this city’s public schools, the signs that her teachers are struggling can be found everywhere. At a local restaurant, it was a teacher who served Deborah Gist...
View ArticleCumberland, North Yarmouth face tax increase for schools
CUMBERLAND — The Cumberland and North Yarmouth schools superintendent has proposed a fiscal year 2019 budget that includes a 4.65 percent spending increase. Superintendent Jeff Porter’s proposed School...
View ArticleBrunswick approves 2nd phase of Bowdoin renovation project
Brunswick has approved plans for the second phase of major renovations to Bowdoin College’s Whittier Field and a new 9,000-square-foot athletic center. The approval came after college officials and...
View ArticleFor Unity College, historic hunting lodge is perfect fit with environmental...
MOOSE RIVER — When Unity College recently received the donation of a historic hunting lodge and 150 acres of land, professors and administrators saw it as a new but natural way for the school to...
View ArticleAuthor Stephen King’s foundation awards $50,000 to Portland elementary schools
The foundation of horror writer Stephen King has awarded a $50,000 grant that will be used to benefit a books and literacy program in Portland elementary schools. The Portland Education Foundation...
View ArticleSmall crowd expresses support for Portland school budget
A dozen people turned out Tuesday night for the Portland Board of Education’s first public hearing on the school budget, most expressing gratitude to the finance committee for backing the bulk of the...
View ArticleFormer forestry professor to lead UMaine Machias
A former University of Maine forestry faculty member and higher education administrator is the new campus leader of University of Maine at Machias, which is in its first year as a regional campus of...
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