Because the Legislature adjourned without passing a major school funding bill, the state will consider it an emergency and issue subsidy checks based on conservative estimates, a spokesman says.
Noel K. Gallagher
Noel Gallagher covers K-12 and higher education issues statewide. Her stories are a mix of breaking news and trend stories. In recent years, they’ve ranged from why college costs so much, the launch of the state’s first charter schools, how a school welcomed a transgender student and why Maine schools have a hard time finding teachers. She’s enough of a news nerd to enjoy sitting through legislative education committee meetings and hours-long school board meetings so you don’t have to.
The Maine Press Association has honored Noel’s work, but she says she writes for the readers, in the firm belief that an informed citizenry is key to a healthy democracy.
Noel is a California native who has worked at wire services, online websites and newspapers across the country. She was in Washington D.C. during the early Clinton years, covering AIDS activism in 1990s San Francisco, documenting the business of wine in Sonoma County and riding out the boom and bust cycle of the early Internet era in early 2000s Silicon Valley. She arrived in Maine at the beginning of the recession and wrote quite a bit about the downturn here.
In her free time, Noel writes the occasional cookbook review, spends an inordinate amount of time at the Portland Public Library and hangs out with her three fabulous kids and wonderful husband. She is not a former member of the band Oasis.
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Maine students can expect to pay almost 3% more to attend state universities next year
The increase included in the proposed budget would boost in-state students’ costs to about $18,000 a year for tuition, fees and room and board.
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Stonewall Kitchen recalls mislabeled basil pesto aioli
Label doesn’t indicate product contains egg
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Finance committee members say Portland school budget is still too high
Two members urge the school board to provide more detailed information on programs and staffing.
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Lawmakers didn’t fund Maine schools before adjournment last week
The lobbying group that represents superintendents warns that failure to release the more than $1 billion in funding could be ‘disruptive.’
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Legislative panel votes to remove requirement for proficiency-based diplomas
The bill now moves to the Maine House, where its fate is uncertain.
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National Science Foundation executive named new president of UMaine
Joan Ferrini-Mundy, a national expert in science, technology and math education, succeeds Susan Hunter as leader of the flagship Orono campus, and UMaine Machias.
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Maine test scores hold steady in latest ‘Nation’s Report Card’
Maine meets or exceeds national averages, but falls short of Northeast states’ results in math and reading.
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Scores attend legislative hearing to debate merits of proficiency based diploma
Lawmakers hear testimony on bills to delay, significantly change or repeal the six-year-old law that was a key education reform of the LePage administration.
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Outcome of Maine’s plan for proficiency-based diplomas is up in the air
Three bills offer a range of delaying, changing or killing the controversial graduation requirement.