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Schools and Education

Published
December 4, 2015

Scarborough school superintendent announces retirement

In a letter to the School Board, George Entwistle says he will leave at the end of June 2016 and highlights strides made despite budget battles.
Published
December 3, 2015

Maine signs $4.14 million contract for standardized student testing

A New Hampshire-based company will develop and administer new English and math tests for students in third through eighth grades.
Published
December 3, 2015

Waterville school board asks acting high school principal to stay on

The School Board voted 7-0 Wednesday to ask Brian Laramee to stay while Principal Don Reiter is on paid administrative leave.
Published
December 2, 2015

New assessment tests for Maine students to be rolled out

Measured Progress Inc. will replace the Smarter Balanced test; details will be unveiled Thursday.
Published
December 2, 2015

USM students rally to protest racism on nation’s college campuses

University President Glenn Cummings pledges action and forms a diversity council, saying, "There is work to be done."

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Published
December 1, 2015

Bipartisan school plan has bipartisan opposition

House Speaker Paul Ryan still anticipates majority support to rewrite No Child Left Behind.
Published
December 1, 2015

Reiter expected to plead not guilty to charge related to propositioning student

The former Waterville Senior High School principal is scheduled for a February court appearance on the misdemeanor official oppression charge.
Published
December 1, 2015

University of Maine at Augusta names James Conneely as new president

Conneely, a consultant at Keeling & Associates Inc. in Massachusetts, has spent more than 30 years in higher education and takes over Jan. 19 for interim president Rebecca Wykea.
Published
November 30, 2015

University of New England says donated island will become ‘living laboratory’

UNE plans to use Ram Island, a gift from Portland developer Art Girard, to study ocean life and the effects of climate change.
Published
November 30, 2015

Maine professor ensures course is taught, even after he dies

Cancer takes USM's John Broida, but his lessons and devotion to teaching endure in an online class he developed.