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Schools and Education

Published
December 18, 2016

UMaine’s engineering program underequipped to meet rising demand for grads

UMaine estimates the engineering college will produce roughly half the graduates needed to meet the state's demand over the next decade.
Published
December 17, 2016

Dartmouth undertakes reforms to reduce campus sexual assaults

In 2014, Dartmouth was among 55 colleges and universities under federal investigation for its responses to sexual harassment and violence.
Published
December 14, 2016

State rejects Portland’s effort to get school construction funds

Projects at Reiche and Longfellow elementary schools just miss the state cutoff for the current funding cycle.
Published
December 14, 2016

LePage’s designated education chief to step down

William Beardsley, who cited family reasons, has led the department as a deputy since his nomination for the commissioner post met resistance.
Published
December 14, 2016

Colby to launch internships in sustainability and climate change

The Buck Environment and Climate Change Lab, funded by Sandy and Sissy Buck of Cumberland Foreside, will help place students in research settings in Maine and elsewhere.

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Published
December 12, 2016

Ruling cuts federal ties with accreditor of for-profit colleges

It will bar hundreds of schools from providing federal financial aid, likely forcing some to close.
Published
December 12, 2016

Kennebunk students build tiny vessel, prepare to let it go – across the ocean

They're hoping the self-steering boat, powered solely by wind and currents and equipped with sensors and a camera, will find its way to Ireland.
Published
December 11, 2016

Do you know if your public school has tested its water for lead?

Not all Maine districts are required to check lead levels and there's no database indicating which have done so, what they found or what corrective actions were taken.
Published
December 9, 2016

After further testing, schools in Benton, Clinton taken off bottled water

The schools replaced all fixtures after tests revealed lead and copper levels higher than the federal action level for schools.
Published
December 8, 2016

Elliott Schwartz, Maine’s best-known classical composer, dies at 80

The mentor of generations of Bowdoin College students was an influential innovator in his field, and his work materials are in the Library of Congress.