Participants work full time as education technicians, long-term substitutes or emergency/conditionally certified teachers within the program, while taking classes toward their degree.
Schools and Education
News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inHealth, Maine, Schools and Education
UNE to begin building new medical school at Portland campus
The $93 million health sciences facility will consolidate the University of New England’s health programs on one site and allow for expanded enrollment in the state’s only medical school.
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Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
University of Maine System website glitch left grade data vulnerable
The Thursday data breach gave students at the Augusta campus the ability to change grades.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Former Bangor school superintendent Betsy Webb dies at 61
The district’s top administrator for 13 years, Webb reportedly passed away on Thanksgiving while in hospice care.
Posted inSchools and Education
The science on remote schooling is now clear. Here’s who it hurt most.
Students who learned from home fared worse than those in classrooms, and older students are recovering much more slowly than younger children.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Portland superintendent apologizes for payroll problems, says long-term fix expected by next fall
Xavier Botana said in an email to staff that the transition to outside payroll processing might not be completed until next fall.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Biden to extend student loan pause as court battle drags on
The administration says the pause is allowing the Supreme Court a chance to resolve the case in its current term.
Posted inBusiness, Schools and Education
Some states open college savings accounts for every newborn
Since 2013, 36 percent of Maine families that received a grant from the Alfond Scholarship Foundation have opened 529 accounts for their children.
Posted inNews, Schools and Education
Paris selectmen accept petitions to recall 2 school directors; voters to decide
Nearly 700 residents signed the recall petition sparked by the directors’ support of a gender identity policy being considered by the Oxford Hills school board.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools and Education
UMaine unveils house made with giant 3D printer
The 600-square-foot house, named BioHome3D, is seen as an environmentally friendly solution to the affordable housing crisis.