Gabrielle Cooper is one of 10 students participating in the Poetry Out Loud Maine State Finals on Monday at the Waterville Opera House.
Schools and Education
News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Scarborough High team is heading for the U.S. Academic Decathlon
After winning the state meet, the students are raising money to attend the national competition in Wisconsin.
advertisement
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Tennessee’s Republican governor is leading the free college movement
Bill Haslam wants his state to be the first to offer free community college to nearly all adults who do not have a post-secondary degree or certificate.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Pivotal Portland councilor says she supports a smaller school renovation bond
Jill Duson is working on a plan to fund improvements at two schools in hopes the state will help pay for the work at two others.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Transgender families press DeVos on rights
The meeting comes two weeks after the Trump administration rescinded Obama-era guidance that instructed schools to let students use bathrooms in line with their stated gender identity.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
At Unity College farm, lamb triplets a first for barn livestock
Heritage Livestock Barn manager Meg Anderson said finding lamb triplets was ‘a real surprise,’ and they were named after national parks and monuments: Mammoth, Mojave and McKinley.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Portland school budget proposal risks clash with City Council over property taxes
Councilors set a goal of capping the overall increase at 2.5 percent, but the proposed education portion calls for a 6.5 percent jump amid uncertainty over state aid.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
UMaine System pushes ahead with free speech policy
The full board of trustees will vote on the proposal at a meeting in April.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Play ball! say Maine supporters of 30-minute school recess bill
The proposal would require that elementary schoolchildren get the exercise they need.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Few supporters for bill to create single board for all Maine colleges
The bill would remove the boards of trustees for the University of Maine System, the Maine Community College System and the Maine Maritime Academy and create a unified board to oversee them all.