Schools and Education
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PublishedMay 25, 2021
Tennessee bans teaching critical race theory in schools
The governor says students should learn about the 'exceptionalism of our nation' and not issues that 'inherently divide.'
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PublishedMay 25, 2021
Director of the Telling Room is stepping down
Celine Kuhn has been involved with the Portland organization since 2009 and has served as executive director for five years.
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PublishedMay 24, 2021
UMaine System trustees approve law school’s temporary move to Old Port
The decision means the law school could move to 300 Fore St. as soon as the start of the fall 2021 semester while a new building is constructed on the USM campus.
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PublishedMay 24, 2021
Greely High School again named top school in Maine in U.S. News rankings
Kennebunk, Falmouth and Cape Elizabeth high schools, along with Baxter Academy in Portland, were also in the top five.
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PublishedMay 21, 2021
Tick worries prompt school officials to spray Hall-Dale Elementary School grounds
Dresden Elementary and Hall-Dale Elementary Schools have had the greatest amount of ticks in Regional School Unit 2, but the Hallowell school is the priority because of summer building use.
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PublishedMay 21, 2021
UMaine System reconsiders plan for tuition increase, with more funding possible
The board of trustees had been scheduled to vote on a tuition increase Monday but is delaying the item in light of the governor's supplemental budget proposal and strong fall enrollment deposits.
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PublishedMay 20, 2021
Scarborough schools failed to follow policy in pulling book from 7th-grade curriculum
A mother and daughter who opposed the use of 'Freak the Mighty' got their school to drop the text, but the district now faces opposition from the teachers' union over academic integrity and intellectual freedom.
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PublishedMay 20, 2021
Portland high school and middle school students will have later start times next fall
And even later start times could be in store for those students during the 2022-23 school year.
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PublishedMay 20, 2021
UNE researchers study whether, for energy sector, kelp is on the way
A project in Saco Bay looks at how best to grow kelp in the open ocean, with an eye toward producing biofuel if it can be grown efficiently at a large enough scale.
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PublishedMay 20, 2021
Bill would make all Maine children eligible for free breakfast, lunch in schools
Legislation sponsored by Senate President Troy Jackson would require Maine to supplement what the state receives in federal funding for free and reduced lunch coverage.
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