Bonny Eagle High School student volunteers with the Teen Trendsetters program help children at Buxton Center Elementary School build skills and enthusiasm for reading.
Schools and Education
News about schools and education from the Portland Press Herald.
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Adjunct professors hold ‘grade-in’
The part-time Connecticut instructors seek to raise awareness of some of the work they do without pay.
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USM plans to sell its ‘white houses’ in Portland to cut costs
The houses, formerly residential, are now used as faculty and staff offices. The university hopes to sell them for a total of $1.2 to $1.4 million.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Cash-strapped UMaine System faces choice: tap emergency fund or raise tuition
The university system’s top financial officer tells trustees that if tuition doesn’t increase, $9 million will have to come from reserves to balance the 2015-16 budget.
Posted inNews, Politics, Schools and Education
Bill aims to change how test scores are used to evaluate Maine teachers
The head of the teachers union agrees with Maine officials that scores from the state’s assessment test have to play a part to meet federal rules.
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South Portland students not giving up on controversial change to pledge invitation
Three students plan to again seek the faculty’s approval for a new introduction to the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Education called key to Indian mascot dispute
Skowhegan’s superintendent reported to the school board Thursday night on a meeting with a former Penobscot Nation chief.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Plan for Portland high schoolers to use Metro buses gets support
Under a cost-sharing agreement, the Portland school district would cover the cost of bus fares for any high school student to ride the Metro to and from school.
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Board backs plan for Portland’s high school students to ride Metro buses
The superintendent is set to develop a cost-sharing agreement to allow the bus service to transport high school students to and from classes.