Historically, about 20% of teachers across the country have taken on secondary jobs across the country during the school year. In the summer, that figure rose to about 33%, according to the latest national data.
Schools and Education
Local, state and national schools and education news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Skowhegan parents push for action after complaints of racism lodged with school officials
The complaints are the latest to be made by minority families in central Maine and school district administrators say they’re being taken seriously as part of an investigative process that can involve outside agencies.
advertisement
Posted inSchools and Education, Uncategorized
Musical program, timber harvest coming to Jay area school district
Portland Symphony Orchestra to bring “Violins of Hope” program to middle school students in October, selective timber harvest on school owned property planned for the winter.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Review of state university system’s hiring policies finds UMA presidential search violated rules
The presidential search that resulted in the hiring and subsequent withdrawal of Michael Laliberte violated the university system’s “employment background and screening policy” enacted a decade ago, according to an internal review.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
Uvalde schools’ police chief resigns from City Council
Armed officers waited in a hallway for over an hour while the gunman carried out the massacre.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Augusta StoryWalk provides place for kids to exercise body and mind
Walkers can read a children’s story as they traverse a trail through the woods between Eastern Avenue and Cony Street in Augusta. Officials unveiled the installation this week.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
UMaine System expects big drop in enrollment this fall, continuing downward trend
Experts say lower college enrollment is a national trend that will have far-reaching social and economic consequences.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Waterville Board of Education finalizes $28.4 million budget
The Waterville Board of Education held a special meeting Wednesday and took a second, final vote to approve a budget that gives salary increases to teachers and educational technicians.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
UMaine System trustees confirm two-week extension to chancellor’s contract
Two weeks after the short-term extension was announced to state lawmakers, the University of Maine System board of trustees votes to extend Chancellor Dannel P. Malloy’s contract to July 11.
Posted inNew England, Schools and Education
Boston avoids state takeover of public school system
Officials stave off an “underperforming” designation for the city’s troubled public school system.