Midcoast teacher who won a $1 million education prize sentenced for shoplifting
Nancie Atwell, who was honored in 2015 for her work at the school she founded in Edgecomb, said in court that a previously undiagnosed mental illness contributed to her compulsion to shoplift.
View ArticleEducation secretary warns of student debt crisis
Betsy DeVos blames the Obama administration and its 2010 takeover of federal student loans, which stopped private banks from giving out federally subsidized loans.
View ArticlePortland school board renews superintendent’s contract
Xavier Botana agrees to stay on through June 2022.
View ArticleMassabesic Middle School student diagnosed with chicken pox
RSU 57 says the single case has been confirmed by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
View ArticleSouth Portland inaugurates newly elected councilors, school board members
Incoming Mayor Claude Morgan invites residents to reach out to older neighbors and make 2019 the 'Year of the Senior Citizen in South Portland.'
View ArticlePortland’s Bayside school displaced by water main break
Bayside Learning Community, which serves about 36 students, will temporarily relocate.
View ArticleIn a first, charter school teachers go on strike over pay, class size
More than 500 teachers and staff members at 15 schools in Chicago operated by a nonprofit walk out of the classroom after not reaching a new contract.
View ArticleSouth Portland assistant principal wins state recognition
Kimberlee Bennett, an assistant principal at South Portland High School, has been named the 2019 Assistant Principal of the Year for grades 9-12 by the Maine Principals' Association.
View ArticleScarborough Middle School receives STEM grant from pharmaceutical group
Biddeford Middle School and Windham High School also will receive grants to support science, technology, engineering and math programs.
View ArticleACLU urges Skowhegan-area schools to retire Indians mascot
A letter urging the school district to ‘do the right thing’ was sent to superintendent and board Chairwoman Dixie Ring.
View ArticleGov.-elect Mills weighs in on Skowhegan schools’ Indians nickname
Janet Mills urges the school board in a letter to consider Native Americans, who find the nickname 'a source of pain and anguish.'
View ArticleACLU can’t join Maine lawsuit over school funding, federal judge rules
The case challenges a state law that bars taxpayer money from being used to pay for students to attend religious schools.
View ArticleComputer coding as child’s play at Saturday festival in Augusta
Maine Digital Festival seeks to interest, educate students in computer science and programming.
View ArticleAlfond Foundation’s $3.6 million grant to community colleges boosts workforce...
The grant will help expand short-term training programs to ease labor shortages in health care, information technology and other industries.
View ArticleParents ask officials to protect 4 Portland schools as city looks to cut costs
Presumpscot school parents pack a meeting and turn in a petition calling for the four schools that are in line for renovations to remain open.
View ArticleUSM tightens control of pop-up courses because of protest targeting Sen. Collins
The university responds after such a course invited students to Washington for a protest of the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.
View ArticleChamber, advocacy groups pair up to fight childhood poverty
Invest in Tomorrow intends to develop an action plan to help children, which ultimately will help the state's workforce.
View ArticleKids get more sleep with later school start time
They also report less daytime sleepiness, and grades improve.
View ArticleThe number of high school students who vape surged last year, study shows
Researchers say they've never seen a drug's popularity explode the way vaping did among teenagers.
View ArticleUMaine System, former student drafting agreement to settle her lawsuit
The woman filed a federal lawsuit claiming that the University of Southern Maine did not investigate two separate reports of sexual assault.
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