The Maine Maritime Academy’s primary training ship returned to Portland after embarking on its first trip outside the U.S. in 2 years.
Schools & Education
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Posted inNew England, News, Schools & Education
Dartmouth to eliminate loans for undergraduate students
Dartmouth is joining Ivy League peers Brown University, Columbia University, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University in adopting no-loan policies.
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Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Schools & Education
Maine’s educators are exhausted
Teachers, administrators and a social worker from across the state told us about the unprecedented challenges they faced during the school year that mercifully ended last week.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
After their lauded graduation performance, longtime friends go their separate ways
Few performances have captured the soul of the moment as well as Addison Avery and Caelan McGuigan’s rendition of “For Good” at Edward Little High School’s graduation.
Posted inNews, River Valley, Schools & Education
RSU 56 committee recommends keeping challenged book on Dirigio High School’s library shelves
The book “Gender Queer: A Memoir,” by Maia Kobabe was requested by three community members in May to remove it from the high school library shelves.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools & Education
School officials told harassment of minority students at Lawrence High School a recurring problem
A parent of a student at the school and a teacher there told MSAD 49 directors Thursday that there’s a hostile environment at the school where students regularly use racial slurs and LGBTQ+ teens are bullied and harassed.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools & Education
Maine legislative panel grills UMaine chancellor over ‘egregious’ presidential search
UMaine Chancellor Dannel Malloy and the board of trustees Chairperson Trish Riley spoke virtually to the Legislature’s Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools & Education
UMaine trustees offer chancellor short-term contract extension, delaying decision on his future with system
Trish Riley, chair of the University of Maine System board of trustees, announces Chancellor Dannel P. Malloy’s contract has been extended through mid-July, allowing the board time to discuss the matter at its July 11 meeting.
Posted inNation / World, News, Schools & Education
Campus sex assault rules fall short, say critics, prompting overhaul call
As many victims of campus sexual assault see it, guidelines put in place to protect them at colleges have a long way to go to fulfill the promise of Title IX.
Posted inElection 2022, Franklin, News, Schools & Education, The Franklin Journal
Voters approve $10.1 million budget for MSAD 58
Voters in Phillips were against the budget by a close margin, 68 to 64.