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Schools and Education

Published
June 20, 2016

Incoming Portland schools chief faces depleted leadership team

Stability was a top priority in hiring Xavier Botana, the district's sixth superintendent in nine years, as three other administrators take their leave.
Published
June 20, 2016

Southern Maine schools dealing with superintendent deficit

With pressure to improve test scores, constant communication and criticism via social media, many administrators opt to forgo the six-figure salaries that go with being the top school district official.
Published
June 17, 2016

Casco Bay High students cast off for summer with cardboard boat races

Bragging rights are the prize at the annual event where just staying afloat is an accomplishment.
Published
June 16, 2016

Incoming Portland superintendent tours schools ahead of July 1 start

Xavier Botana, an administrator in Indiana, was hired last month to lead the city's public schools. He'll be the sixth superintendent since 2007.
Published
June 16, 2016

SAD 6 nepotism policy got short shrift in hiring of superintendent’s son

The team that hired Zachariah Sherburne, who later was charged with sexual assault in another district, didn't have a handle on whether it was a violation, a report says.

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Published
June 15, 2016

Feds seek shutdown of largest accreditor of for-profit colleges

Several state attorneys general have accused the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools of overlooking deception by some schools.
Published
June 13, 2016

University of Maine at Presque Isle president leaving

Linda Schott will become president of Southern Oregon University.
Published
June 13, 2016

Court: Maine educator who won $1 million must prove she is donating money

Nancie Atwell enters a guilty plea after being charged with shoplifting a blouse at Renys.
Published
June 13, 2016

Maine schools’ rate of protection against measles improving

The Maine CDC releases school-by-school vaccination data after a Freedom of Access request by the Portland Press Herald.
Published
June 11, 2016

Graduates to watch in the class of 2016

These students are 11 reasons why the future looks bright.