The board of trustees hopes to announce its selection by early June.
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News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
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University system captures extra $15 million, reports $8.2 million surplus
The extra funds are attributed to better-than-expected investment income, cost-cutting and an increase in tuition revenue from out-of-state students.
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Sisters taking up Indian mascot issue with Skowhegan school board
The current policy of the school board is to offer no comment and direct media questions on the topic to Superintendent Brent Colbry.
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Education Department probes claims of anti-male bias in women’s studies programs
More than half-a-dozen U.S. colleges are the targets of complaints that men are being treated unfairly.
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Michael Bloomberg donating $1.8 billion to Johns Hopkins University
The gift – the largest ever to any education institution in the U.S. – will allow his alma mater to eliminate student loans in financial aid packages starting next fall.
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Messalonskee athletic complex nears completion
With or without its final red track coating, the $3.9 million facility will be ready for the spring sports season, officials say.
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DeVos proposes new campus sexual assault rules
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos hails the proposed regulation as balancing rights of victims, accused.
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Augusta school board rejects adding religious holidays to calendar
Despite community support for the proposed new policy, school board members said educators already work to accommodate students and the calendar is already full of events.
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Augusta school board to consider noting religious holidays on school calendar
The main goal is not to add days off, but to help officials and teachers avoid holding special events such as field trips on days when students may be absent for observances.
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Database: statewide standardized test results, 2018
Look up your local schools’ standardized test results in the 2017-18 school year.