Schools and Education
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PublishedAugust 10, 2022
Dixfield-based school board bans gender book from Dirigo library
RSU 56 directors voted 7-2 to remove “Gender Queer: A Memoir” from the high school shelves.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2022
‘I didn’t really learn anything’: COVID grads face college
After the disruption of online learning, first-year college students are arriving on U.S. campuses unprepared for the demands of college-level work, experts say.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2022
Bates, Bowdoin and Colby colleges join effort to uphold affirmative action
Bates, Bowdoin and Colby are among 32 liberal arts colleges urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold previous rulings which allow admission officers to consider race as a factor.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2022
Making room to grow, Thomas College nears completion of new athletic center
The 18,000-square-foot facility, scheduled to open in the fall, is being built alongside the college's two turf fields, with a design "that totally stands on its own within the state," athletic director Christopher Parsons says.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2022
Portland schools suspended Black students at a higher rate than white students in 2021-22
The district has released data showing how middle and high school suspension rates have changed over the past few years and which groups of students are most impacted by the discipline.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2022
Portland superintendent’s early departure adds to district staffing challenges
Xavier Botana announced Tuesday night that he will leave his post in June. He had previously planned to leave after the 2023-24 school year.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2022
Back-to-school shopping: Families reach for cheaper options
A basket of roughly a dozen supply items showed a price increase of nearly 15% on average for this back-to-school season compared with a year ago as inflation squeezes all areas.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2022
Portland Superintendent Xavier Botana to depart after 2022-23 school year
He previously had planned to leave at the end of the 2023-24 school year but is moving up his departure by a year.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2022
Communities face crisis as fewer kids enroll and schools shrink
The pandemic accelerated enrollment declines in many districts as families switched to homeschooling, charter schools and other options.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2022
Applications swell with Maine’s offer of free community college
The state's seven community colleges see an 11 percent increase in summer applications compared to this time last year.
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