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Riley Board
Staff Writer
Riley covers education for the Press Herald. Before moving to Portland, she spent two years in Kenai, Alaska, reporting on local government, schools and natural resources for the public radio station KDLL as part of the Report for America program. Riley originally hails from Sarasota, Florida, and is a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont, where she served as the editor-in-chief of the college’s student newspaper, The Campus. She has interned at the Burlington Free Press, and at the Smithsonian Institution’s Folklife Magazine in Washington, D.C. Outside of work, Riley is passionate about roller skating, cooking and her cat, Edgar.
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Maine education officials going ‘back to basics’ on reading and math
Following ‘concerning declines’ in test scores on a national assessment, Maine’s Department of Education has new action plans for instruction.
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Hyde School asks judge to dismiss lawsuit alleging forced labor and abuse
Attorneys for the private boarding school in Bath argued the plaintiff does not have standing to bring the case.
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Repeal of federal English learners guidance could signal bigger changes for Maine students
Federal and state laws still require schools to serve students who are learning English, but Maine educators worry the change could be a sign of future impacts on funding or obligations to multilingual students.
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Thomas College faculty votes to unionize, citing frustration over changes
Organizers at the Waterville college say the move is a response to policy shifts by a new president that affect job expectations and academic offerings.
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5 takeaways from our reporting on Maine’s school construction backlog
Aging infrastructure and funding challenges have contributed to a growing problem the state has yet to effectively address.
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Company behind Maine’s community college software program files for bankruptcy
Staff have criticized the rollout of a new student information system from Anthology, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week.
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Feds restore funding to USM program that helps veterans go to college
The Department of Education reversed its recent decision to cut more than $600,000 in already allocated funding for Veterans Upward Bound, which it said conflicted with the Trump administration’s priorities.
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Maine schools are in disrepair. There isn’t enough money to address the crisis.
Rising construction costs, declining enrollment and a growing list of new school requests has prompted the state to reconsider its funding system.
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2 years in, Maine graduate student workers will rally for a contract
The union that includes students across the state’s university system is demonstrating over what they call a too-long negotiation process as they seek higher wages and better health care.