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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PublishedApril 1, 2015
Eliot Cutler begins work to unify business, law schools in UMaine System
The man picked to set up a combined graduate center in Portland plans a focus on real-world student experiences to build skills to meet the needs of Maine employers.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2015
Interim head of community colleges has ‘productive’ meeting with LePage
Derek Langhauser, who took over after President John Fitzsimmons resigned, says he can work with the governor.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2015
Maine plans to offer interest-free loans to draw more science and technology students
The legislation, which is still being drafted, seeks to give graduates an incentive to work in STEM fields in Maine, filling a growing need.
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PublishedMarch 23, 2015
Maine lawmakers want to add money to K-12 budget
The Appropriations Committee will consider the Education Committee’s recommendation next week.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2015
USM spends $2 million on new ads and scholarships, but applications decline
Incoming school President Harvey Kesselman says he expects ‘some upticks’ in enrollment by the fall of 2016.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2015
UMaine System finds way to freeze in-state tuition for fourth straight year
Trustees rely on higher state aid and reserve funds to make the freeze possible. Maine is the only state to have no tuition increases, adjusted for inflation, in the past five years.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2015
USM trustees keep options open for ‘white houses’ on Portland campus
President David Flanagan says the university should consider holding on to the land while selling or leasing the seven single-family residential homes.
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PublishedMarch 11, 2015
N.J. college administrator named USM president
Harvey Kesselman says his top priority is increasing student recruitment and retention in order to boost tuition revenue.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2015
USM president predicts more budget woes
David Flanagan says despite deep cuts, ‘what we’ve done, at best, is bought you a year.’
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PublishedMarch 6, 2015
Head of Maine union backs testing as part of teacher evaluation
Without evaluation change, the state could lose its waiver on some provisions of the No Child Left Behind education act.
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