The University of Maine System is no longer requiring boosters, but masks must still be worn in class.
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Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
With dozens of openings, Waterville schools face staffing shortage
Waterville Public Schools has 38 job openings for teachers, educational technicians, administrators, coaches and other positions.
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Work under way on alternate school for Bath elementary students following devastating fire
Dike Newell students will attend classes at the former Bath Regional Career and Technical Center this fall.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Nation & World, News
Anatomy of a book banning
A South Dakota school district planned to destroy Dave Eggers’s novel. He went to investigate.
Posted inMaine
Gov. Mills joins Dolly Parton’s effort to deliver free books to preschoolers
The country singer spoke about her initiative to a bipartisan group of governors meeting in Portland this week.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News
In a summer of national division, U.S. governors meet in Portland and find some common ground
The National Governors Association is hosting its semi-annual meeting in Maine for the first time in 39 years.
Posted inNew England, Schools and Education
Boston avoids state takeover of public school system
Officials stave off an “underperforming” designation for the city’s troubled public school system.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
L.L. Bean donates $850,000 to USM for campus, scholarships
The money will help pay for a new career center under construction and a scholarship in environmental science.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
State weighing impact of Supreme Court ruling on school tuition program
Interpreting the decision on Maine’s tuition program is complicated by a state law that bars schools that receive tuition from discriminating against students and staff based on gender or sexual orientation.
Posted inMaine, News
U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Maine ban on public funds for religious school tuition
The ruling on a program for rural communities that do not have their own public high schools could create opportunities for school choice programs in other states.