Schools and Education

Published
June 15, 2016

Feds seek shutdown of largest accreditor of for-profit colleges

Several state attorneys general have accused the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools of overlooking deception by some schools.
Published
June 13, 2016

University of Maine at Presque Isle president leaving

Linda Schott will become president of Southern Oregon University.
Published
June 13, 2016

Court: Maine educator who won $1 million must prove she is donating money

Nancie Atwell enters a guilty plea after being charged with shoplifting a blouse at Renys.
Published
June 13, 2016

Maine schools’ rate of protection against measles improving

The Maine CDC releases school-by-school vaccination data after a Freedom of Access request by the Portland Press Herald.
Published
June 11, 2016

Graduates to watch in the class of 2016

These students are 11 reasons why the future looks bright.

Published
June 11, 2016

Meredith Hawkins, Yarmouth High School

Meredith Hawkins was young when she realized that some words can hurt. As a seventh-grader at Harrison Middle School in Yarmouth, she launched a campaign, “Spread the Word to End the Word,” to stop the derogatory use of “retard” and “retarded” in the town’s schools. “It was especially prevalent when I was in seventh grade,” […]
Published
June 11, 2016

Darren Thiboutot, Cheverus High School

Darren “Lil’ Bluesman” Thiboutot got a taste of the music business beyond Maine in January, when he performed at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. Sponsored by the Maine Blues Society, Thiboutot was there as a noncompeting youth performer under age 21. Guitar in hand, he took the stage at Silky O’Sullivan’s on Beale […]
Published
June 11, 2016

Fred Pierce, Greely High School

Fred Pierce wasn’t getting much out of Greely High School before his junior year. Halfway through 10th grade, the Cumberland student was failing a few classes and wondering whether he’d graduate on time, let alone get his name on the honor roll. Then he visited the Westbrook Regional Vocational Center, which also serves students from […]
Published
June 11, 2016

Maryam Abdullah, Portland High School

As a little girl growing up in Baghdad, Maryam Abdullah marveled at the sight of airplanes soaring across the sky. She never imagined that she would one day fly to a new home in the United States or that she could ever hope to get a job at NASA. Abdullah was 8 years old when […]
Published
June 11, 2016

Henry Jones, Casco Bay High School

Henry Jones relishes his weirdness. His upbringing in a large, loving, diverse family is a major reason he enjoys solving problems for others, especially when it involves computers. And it explains why he was considered one of the friendliest and most helpful students at Casco Bay High School in Portland. “I’m a weird dude,” Jones […]

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