Schools and Education
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PublishedJune 1, 2023
Senate passes Republican-led bill overturning student loan cancellation, teeing it up for Biden veto
President Biden has pledged to keep in place his commitment to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loans for 43 million people.
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PublishedMay 31, 2023
Kennebec County Teacher of the Year gives students a chance to restore alewife harvest in Gardiner
Sharon Gallant and her Gardiner Area High School students have worked with a local nonprofit for five years to collect data on the fish often used as lobster bait in hopes they can help bring the commercial harvesting industry back to the city.
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PublishedMay 31, 2023
Gray teen hit by tractor-trailer faces ‘long road to recovery’
The 13-year-old Gray-New Gloucester Middle School student has severe injuries and had surgery on his left foot Wednesday. His mother says he is expected to be in the hospital for at least 2 more days.
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PublishedMay 30, 2023
Maine’s high school graduation rate dropped during the pandemic, but may be recovering
This year's grads were freshmen when the pandemic hit, making this past year their first relatively normal high school experience.
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PublishedMay 29, 2023
Maine now has a state butterfly thanks to 2 inquisitive fifth graders
The Old Orchard Beach students reached out to their state representative, Lori Gramlich, who worked with them on submitting a bill naming the Pink-edged Sulphur as Maine's official butterfly.
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PublishedMay 28, 2023
Bates College graduates emerge from pandemic-altered college experience
Retiring Bates President Clayton Spencer watched Sunday for the last time in her 11-year tenure as the college's 439 seniors flipped their tassels and became graduates.
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PublishedMay 28, 2023
Maine adjunct professors join push for wage increases
The instructors acknowledge they have different roles than full-time faculty but say they should be paid similarly for performing the same tasks.
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PublishedMay 27, 2023
UMaine-Augusta to lease new residence hall to add 23 dorm beds for students
The 10-year lease will cost the university nearly $2 million, but will accommodate the large number of students that are currently on the waitlist for housing.
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PublishedMay 25, 2023
Tom Hanks urges Harvard grads to defend the truth, resist indifference
'For the truth to some is no longer empirical. It's no longer based on data, nor common sense, nor even common decency,' said the two-time Academy Award winner.
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PublishedMay 25, 2023
Zelensky delivers surprise commencement speech to Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins University announced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s address with the ceremony already underway, just minutes before his remarks were set to begin.
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