Schools and Education

Published
July 13, 2017

Maine school districts plan to use state funding for tax relief, programming

A provision that 50 percent of the state funding must go to tax relief is unlikely to apply to many school districts this year.
Published
July 13, 2017

Maine will join lawsuit against U.S. Education Department over for-profit student loan abuse

Several attorneys general, all Democrats, sued Education Secretary Betsy DeVos after she delayed implementing rules to help students defrauded by for-profit colleges have their loans forgiven.
Published
July 12, 2017

See how your school district fared with new state funding: Data table
Published
July 12, 2017

State budget gives 8 school districts at least $1 million more than they expected

Portland, which had anticipated a decrease of $2.5 million in its state allocation, will instead get an increase of almost $3 million.
Published
July 11, 2017

Maine charter school for performing arts overhauls model after rocky 1st year

A team evaluating Snow Pond Arts Academy cites concerns about a lack of some administrators, lack of training for some teachers and a $44,000 budget deficit.