Schools and Education

Published
August 17, 2022

Youth mental health is in crisis. Are schools doing enough?

But many of the pandemic’s longer-lasting impacts, including the harmful effects of isolation and remote learning, affect children’s emotional well-being.
Published
August 17, 2022

Maine writers’ group funding copies of banned book for Dirigo high school students

The controversial memoir on sexuality and gender identity was removed from the library.
Published
August 17, 2022

Portland struggles to recruit staff needed for after-school program

The city needs 10 additional staff to run the after-school portion of the Before & After the Bell program, which is scheduled to start Sept. 6.
Published
August 16, 2022

U.S. cancels $3.9 billion in ITT Tech students’ loan debt

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says the for-profit college 'misled students about the quality of their programs.'
Published
August 15, 2022

Portland may limit high school choice to balance enrollments

A proposed hybrid system to be presented Tuesday would allow students to choose a school as usual, but administrators could reassign some of them if needed to balance enrollments.
Published
August 13, 2022

Maine school districts scramble to hire up for the school year

Schools around the country are struggling to fill vacancies, and Maine schools are having mixed success.
Published
August 10, 2022

Dixfield-based school board bans gender book from Dirigo library

RSU 56 directors voted 7-2 to remove “Gender Queer: A Memoir” from the high school shelves.
Published
August 9, 2022

‘I didn’t really learn anything’: COVID grads face college

After the disruption of online learning, first-year college students are arriving on U.S. campuses unprepared for the demands of college-level work, experts say.
Published
August 5, 2022

Bates, Bowdoin and Colby colleges join effort to uphold affirmative action

Bates, Bowdoin and Colby are among 32 liberal arts colleges urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold previous rulings which allow admission officers to consider race as a factor.
Published
August 4, 2022

Making room to grow, Thomas College nears completion of new athletic center

The 18,000-square-foot facility, scheduled to open in the fall, is being built alongside the college's two turf fields, with a design "that totally stands on its own within the state," athletic director Christopher Parsons says.