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Schools and Education

Published
March 4, 2019

Bonny Eagle High School student charged with threatening student, school resource officer

The threat on Snapchat, where the student allegedly appeared with a firearm, follows a similar incident in SAD 6 that saw two middle school students charged last week.
Published
March 4, 2019

Majoring in marijuana: Colleges add cannabis to the curriculum

A growing number of colleges prepare graduates for careers cultivating, researching, analyzing and marketing the herb.
Published
March 1, 2019

Maine education department urges schools to ‘refrain’ from using Native American mascots

The notice by the Maine Department of Education comes a week before the school board for Skowhegan-based SAD 54 is set to deliberate further over their schools' "Indians" nickname.
Published
March 1, 2019

Bonny Eagle Middle School reassures students a day after threatened attack

A boy and girl were charged with terrorizing Thursday after threatening to bring weapons to school and attack students and staff, police say.
Published
February 28, 2019

Committee endorses bill to shift Maine teacher retirement costs back to state

The state used to pay 100%, but former Gov. Paul LePage shifted half of the costs to municipalities

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Published
February 28, 2019

Two students accused of threatening attack at Bonny Eagle Middle School

Two 14-year-olds, a boy and girl, are arrested on terrorizing charges after threatening to bring weapons to school so they can attack students and staff.
Published
February 28, 2019

DeVos to pitch new tax credit to support school choice programs

The tax credits are meant to advance school choice without directly sending tax dollars to private schools.
Published
February 27, 2019

Middle school reopens in wake of Saco teacher’s untimely death

Classes had been canceled Tuesday after English teacher Robin Stinson died Monday in a driving accident.
Published
February 27, 2019

Committee unanimously approves bill forbidding ‘food shaming’ in Maine schools

The measure, which now goes to the full Legislature, prohibits schools from serving a second-tier meal or stigmatizing students who can't pay for lunch.
Published
February 26, 2019

Proposal to cut costs by reorganizing Portland schools is ‘deeply flawed,’ critics say

About a dozen speakers, many of them teachers, tell a study commission that the changes would be disruptive for students, ignore school culture, and limit academic and extracurricular activities.