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PublishedJanuary 22, 2019
UMaine Law School dean takes new job in Pennsylvania
Danielle Conway, who joined UMaine in 2015, has been named dean at Penn State's Dickinson Law school.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2019
Contributing to local community ‘drives’ Winthrop/Monmouth’s new adult education director
Less than a year after his job nearly was eliminated, Josh Farr is leading Monmouth/Winthrop Adult & Community Education program toward a sustainable future.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2019
Presque Isle reinstates potato harvest break for high school students
The largest district in Presque Isle had ended the break, intended to allow students to help with the harvest, but business leaders complained.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2019
Mills names former House Speaker Hannah Pingree to head new office of innovation
Pingree says Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future will look for solutions in early-childhood education, the opioid crisis, broadband expansion and other areas.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2019
Statewide pre-kindergarten programs in public schools gaining momentum
But the cost is high and the space to house all those 4-year-olds is limited, issues likely to be discussed as legislators consider more than 200 education-related bills.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2019
Portland school board approves $12 million renovation of Lyseth Elementary
The project, which would include a new gym and library as well as utility and security upgrades, is set to begin this spring.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2019
South Portland to change controversial proficiency-based grading at high school
The change will take effect in the 2019-2020 school year, a decision that followed increasing complaints about the accuracy, fairness and complexity of the system adopted four years ago.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2019
In a digital world, cursive whooshes back into the classroom
Teaching kids longhand isn't required in Maine, and while some have argued that keyboards make it obsolete, a growing number of schools are aiming for balance.
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PublishedDecember 26, 2018
Mills nominates Brunswick school administrator to be Maine’s education chief
Pender Makin, a former Maine Principal of the Year, promises a shift in priorities and vows to support public school teachers, administrators and students.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2018
As feds ease school lunch nutritional standards, Maine schools stay the course
Food service directors say students have become accustomed to whole grains and other nutritionally beneficial foods and often prefer them to less healthy alternatives.
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