Search statewide academic performance data

We used linear regression to examine the relationship between demographic factors and student performance at varying school levels.

School survey responses

In July, the Sun Journal sent a survey to superintendents in all public schools in Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties, and to superintendents in Portland, Waterville, Augusta, Winthrop and Bangor. The survey asked six questions.

Education under siege: Maine’s poorest schools facing ‘uncharted waters’ in the age of COVID

A Sun Journal data analysis shows which schools performed well and which performed poorly before the pandemic, statistics that could soon get worse for Maine's more disadvantaged students.

Three scenarios, three schools

How will you handle it if you need to go hybrid or fully remote but a child’s parents aren’t capable of educating them at home or aren’t capable of dealing with remote learning in any way?

Editor’s note:

Education under Siege: A Sun Journal Investigation

This report is part of a continuing series on poverty in Maine, and the strangling affect poverty has on our communities. The work is being done in cooperation with the Investigative Editing Corps.

Some RSU 73 staff and students are quarantining for 14 days and being tested

Staff and students who have had close contact with an employee with COVID-19 have been notified and told to quarantine for 14 days and be tested.

Portland schools delay bringing back elementary students for full-time, in-person learning

Space, distancing and staffing challenges contributed to the decision not to resume full-time classroom instruction Oct. 13, the superintendent said in a letter to families.

Windsor Elementary School reports 2 COVID-19 cases, triggering remote learning for district

Howard Tuttle, superintendent of Regional School Unit 12, said that the probable case "means that the individual has symptoms associated with COVID-19 and they had direct contact with someone who tested positive."

UMaine System under fire for changes to retirees’ health coverage

University officials say the new insurance will save $2.5 million a year and expand benefits, but lawmakers, unions and retirees want them to reconsider it.