The School Board voted 7-0 Wednesday to ask Brian Laramee to stay while Principal Don Reiter is on paid administrative leave.
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New assessment tests for Maine students to be rolled out
Measured Progress Inc. will replace the Smarter Balanced test; details will be unveiled Thursday.
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USM students rally to protest racism on nation’s college campuses
University President Glenn Cummings pledges action and forms a diversity council, saying, “There is work to be done.”
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Bipartisan school plan has bipartisan opposition
House Speaker Paul Ryan still anticipates majority support to rewrite No Child Left Behind.
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Reiter expected to plead not guilty to charge related to propositioning student
The former Waterville Senior High School principal is scheduled for a February court appearance on the misdemeanor official oppression charge.
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University of Maine at Augusta names James Conneely as new president
Conneely, a consultant at Keeling & Associates Inc. in Massachusetts, has spent more than 30 years in higher education and takes over Jan. 19 for interim president Rebecca Wykea.
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University of New England says donated island will become ‘living laboratory’
UNE plans to use Ram Island, a gift from Portland developer Art Girard, to study ocean life and the effects of climate change.
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Maine professor ensures course is taught, even after he dies
Cancer takes USM’s John Broida, but his lessons and devotion to teaching endure in an online class he developed.
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Monmouth school has its first principal in 2 years
The district tried to go without a full-time principal but heard ‘loudly’ from parents, teachers and kids.
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Finalists chosen for presidency of University of Maine at Fort Kent
The four out-of-state academics will visit the campus in early December.