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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PublishedSeptember 2, 2014
Portland Schools may profit from virtual instruction program
Proposed program includes teachers, coursework offered by vendor of Maine’s first virtual charter school.
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PublishedAugust 29, 2014
University committee votes to cut three USM programs
The elimination of the American and New England studies graduate program, geosciences, and the arts and humanities major at Lewiston-Auburn College now goes to the full board of trustees for a final vote.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2014
Three groups apply for remaining charter school spots in Maine
A virtual school, a school for K-5 in Lewiston or Auburn, and a York County school for 4th-8th graders file applications by Monday’s deadline.
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PublishedAugust 21, 2014
Portland schools to offer virtual classes in fall
School officials’ plan to provide a program that competes with virtual and charter schools could help them stave off the loss of some public funding.
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PublishedAugust 19, 2014
University of Maine schools making strides recruiting out-of-state students
Commitments are up 12 percent from students who will pay three times the in-state tuition rate.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2014
Maine’s first virtual school exceeds minimum enrollment
Maine Connections Academy, a for-profit charter program where students learn online from home, has 279 enrollees and appears to be set to open this fall.
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PublishedAugust 5, 2014
Trying to catapult college success
An inaugural summer program at SMCC is giving 16 at-risk students an extra boost.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2014
Multiskilled former CMP executive to lead changes at USM
David Flanagan, 67, who had helped create a road map for overhauling the university system, is named interim president.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2014
UMaine system trustees approve five-year plan
The plan, which would help each campus carve out specific specialties, is intended to close a projected $69 million budget deficit.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2014
Maine towns clean up, assess damage from powerful storms
Residents in York and other areas who felt the wrath of microbursts and possible tornadoes Tuesday say they’re just glad no one was hurt.
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